Recapture of male and female dragonflies in relation to parasitism by mites, time of season, wing length and wing cell symmetry

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 79-93

  Forbes, Mark R ^a   Muma, Katherine E ^b   Smith, Bruce P ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrenuridae; Dragonfly; Libellulidae; Mark recapture; Parasitism; Survival; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

DRAGONFLY; PARASITISM; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; ARRENURIDAE; ARRENURUS PLANUS; LIBELLULIDAE; SYMPETRUM OBTRUSUM;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MITES; ONTARIO; WING;

EID: 16644370638     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000044441.60122.27     Document Type: Article

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