Nest sanitation in social spider mites: Interspecific differences in defecation behavior

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 664-669

  Sato, Yukie ^a,b   Saito, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INSECT;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CORTADERIA; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; STIGMAEOPSIS; STIGMAEOPSIS LONGUS; STIGMAEOPSIS MISCANTHI; STIGMAEOPSIS SAHARAI; STIGMAEOPSIS TAKAHASHII; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 33745088089     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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