Mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) on rainforest tree trunks: Arboreal specialists, but substrate generalists?

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-40

  Beaulieu, Frédéric ^a,d   Walter, David E ^b   Proctor, Heather C ^b   Kitching, Roger L ^c   Menzel, Florian ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bark roughness; Epicorticolous mites; Habitat specificity; Host specificity; Predators; Subtropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MITE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACARI; MESOSTIGMATA; UROPODINA;

EID: 33646568482     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-0022-2     Document Type: Article

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