A limiting factor in the abundance of predatory phoretic mites (Acari: Macrochelidae): The seasonal abundance of their phorionts (dung beetles) in southern France

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2066-2072

  Glida, Habiba ^a   Bertrand, Michel ^a   Peyrusse, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; INSECT CONTROL; RAIN;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DUNG PADS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEETLE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIMITING FACTOR; MITE; PHORESY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACARI; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; MACROCHELES GLABER; MACROCHELIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 1642288348     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-199     Document Type: Article

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