Habitat complexity and mite population on Caryocar brasiliense trees

. The objective was to study the habitat complexity of mite populations on Caryocar brasiliense trees under natural and cultivated field conditions. performed in municipality Montes Claros, state Minas Gerais, Brazil, over 3 years. Three types areas were studied: 1) Cerrado, 2) pasture, 3) a university Campus. Several chlorotic spots detected leaves with larger Tetranychus sp. Eutetranychus (Tetranychidae). greatest numbers Agistemus (Stigmaeidae) Histiostoma (Histiostomidae) Proctolaelaps (Ascidae) fruits observed that pasture In general, herbivorous mites (e.g., sp.) found C. plants correlated more clayey soils higher cationic exchange capacity; largest crown sizes; associations between predator phytophagous sp.1) observed. Greater diversity complex plant architectures favored populations. positive effect loamier soil indicates these species are adapted Cerrado Some recorded can be pests commercial plantations brasiliense.