TY - JOUR T1 - Temporal Variations in Population Dynamics of Soil Micro-Arthropods: Acarina and Collembola AU - Jalaluddin Abbas, Mohammad AU - Pervez, Hina JO - Research Journal of Biological Sciences VL - 4 IS - 9 SP - 1016 EP - 1021 PY - 2009 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-8846 DO - rjbsci.2009.1016.1021 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2009.1016.1021 KW - Temporal variations KW -population dynamics KW -micro-arthropods KW -acarina KW -collembola AB - In this study, we investigate temporal variations in population dynamics of soil micro-arthropods from some selected sites at Aligarh. We examine the variations of soil micro-arthropods. Among the soil micro-arthropods examined, we concentrate on mesofaunal group, specifically, acarina and collembola. To examine the variations of these species, we collect samples of soil from different sites-agriculture, vegetative and unarable land. The parameters that we examine are population, population density and abundance of soil micro-arthropods. We carried out experiments and observed that the total population of acarina in case of tomato is 3.58% smaller than that of collembola and the total population of acarina in case of brinjal is 10.67% smaller than that of collembola. Further, we found that the total population of acarina in maize is 4.10% larger than that of collembola and the total population of acarina in case of the natural site is 11.02% larger than that of collembola. Further, we compare the abundance and density of soil micro-arthropods found from different sites. ER -