Variation in social behavior within a spider mite genus, Stigmaeopsis (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 232-238

  Mori, Kotaro ^a,b   Saito, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Counterattack; Group defense; Sociality; Spider mites; Web nest

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MITE; NEST SITE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACARI; ARANEAE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 12244284228     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh157     Document Type: Article

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