Reproduction and development of laboratory and wild house dust mites (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) and their relationship to the natural dust ecosystem

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 568-574

  Hart, B J ^a   Crowther, D ^b   Wilkinson, T ^b,c   Biddulph, P ^b,d   Ucci, M ^d   Pretlove, S ^e   Ridley, I ^d   Oreszczyn, T ^d  

^a ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Entomology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Life history; Wild populations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REPRODUCTION; SKIN;

ANIMALS; DIET; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PYROGLYPHIDAE; REPRODUCTION; SKIN;

ACARI; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 34447553721     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[568:RADOLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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