Microarthropod communities under lichens in the Eastern Tannu-Ola Ridge (Tuva) [Russian]

摘要

Forty-five species of Collembola, 44 species of oribatid mites, and 11 species of mesostigmatid mites were found on 17 species of lichens in the petrophyte steppe and spruce-larch forests of the northern macroslopes of the eastern Tannu-Ola Ridge (Tuva, Russia). Under lichens of the steppe ecosystem the microarthropod complex is dominated by collembolans, in forests the share of various groups of mites increases. The diversity and abundance of microarthropods are related to habitat, lichens life form, and the substrate that they occupy. The regional specific features of lichen complexes and their microarthropod communities are discussed.