Collemboles and mites together constituted the major part, 90.4% of the soil arthropods. Collembola was represented by 8 species and Acarina by 26 species. The population density ranged from 170 m-2 to 136466 m-2. Soil moisture and soil temperature collectively regulated the population.
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Manuscript Published on 01 June 1998
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