Scotia Arc Acari: Antiquity and origin

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-328

  Pugh, Philip J A ^a,b   Convey, Peter ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acari; Colonization; Island; Sub Antarctic; Vicariance zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ACARI; GAMASIDA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 0034348629     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1999.0219     Document Type: Article

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