Tullgren extraction of soil mites (Acarina): Effect of refrigeration time on extraction efficiency

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-140

  Lakly, Michelle B ^a   Crossley Jr , D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sample storage; Soil mites; Tullgren extraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOIL; TIME;

ANIMALS; COLD; MITES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033932568     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006416731804     Document Type: Article

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