Notes on the adaptation of some phytophagous and predacious mites to various ecological parameters in the Mediterranean countries

Web Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 35-47

  Ragusa, S ^a   Tsolakis, H ^a  

^a Istituto di Entomologia Agraria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HERBIVORE; MITE; PREDATOR;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACARI; ERIOPHYIDAE; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 0005297581     PISSN: 13991183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-1-35-2000     Document Type: Article

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