Temperature-dependent development of the predatory mite Cheyletus malaccensis (Acari: Cheyletidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Palyvos, Nickolas E ^a   Emmanouel, Nickolas G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cheyletidae; Cheyletus malaccensis; Development; Predator; Temperature; Thermal thresholds; Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MITE; PARTHENOGENESIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MITES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

ACARI; CHEYLETIDAE; CHEYLETUS MALACCENSIS; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

EID: 58149203390     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9200-8     Document Type: Article

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