Datos ecológicos sobre microartrópodos terrestres en ecosistemas australes de Chile

Abstract

The microarthropod fauna was sampled, in the Chilean austral ecosystems, between 44° 08' S, y 53° 53' W. Forests and bogs were studied and in the former, 5 different microhabitats were analyzed, namely, lichen, mixture, lichen/moss/liverworts, litter and rotting wood. 29 taxa were found and their densities compared with those in other Chilean forests. The distribution of abundances were studied between all the microhabitats, by means of rank correlations, concluding that they tend to be similar in all cases.