Effects of the nest web and female attendance on survival of young in the subsocial spider mite Schizotetranychus longus (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 411-418

  Mori, Kotaro ^a   Saito, Yutaka ^a   Sakagami, Takane ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defence; Nest web; Predator; Protection; Schizotetranychus longus; Subsociality

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; MITE; NEST SITE; PARENTAL CARE; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; SCHIZOTETRANYCHUS LONGUS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TYPHLODROMUS BAMBUSAE;

EID: 0032965582     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006165606428     Document Type: Article

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