Food selection and internal processing in Archegozetes longisetosus (Acari: Oribatida)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-120

  Smrž, Jaroslav ^a   Norton, Roy A ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Food selection; Fungi; Nutritional biology; Oribatida; Paper; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FOOD SELECTION; FUNGUS; NUTRITION; STARVATION;

ACARI; ACHROMOBACTER; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ALGAE; ALTERNARIA; ARCHEGOZETES LONGISETOSUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ORIBATIDA; PROTOCOCCUS; SERRATIA;

EID: 1842735141     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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