The foraging behaviour of redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor (Acarina: Penthaleidae), in an annual subterranean clover pasture

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-252

  Gaull, K R ^b   Ridsdill Smith, T J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARCTOTHECA; ARCTOTHECA CALENDULA; CALENDULA; FABACEAE; HALOTYDEUS; HALOTYDEUS DESTRUCTOR; LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; PENTHALEIDAE; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 0006908074     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300052524     Document Type: Article

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