The dispersal behaviour of the phoretic mite Poecilochirus carabi (Mesostigmata, Parasitidae): adaptation to the breeding biology of its carrier Necrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera, Silphidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 487-493

  Schwarz, Horst H ^a   Müller, Josef K ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Necrophorus; Phoresy; Poecilochirus; Sex preference

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DISPERSAL; MESOSTIGMATA; MITE; PHORESY;

NECROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES; PARASITIDAE; POECILOCHIRUS CARABI; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 0027098920     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317154     Document Type: Article

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