Cleaner mites: Sanitary mutualism in the miniature ecosystem of neotropical bee nests

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 841-847

  Biani, Natalia B ^a   Mueller, Ulrich G ^a   Wcislo, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Acari; Bee; Cleaning mutualism; Megalopta ecuadoria; Megalopta genalis; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BEE; BREEDING SITE; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; MITE; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM;

ACARI; APOIDEA; FUNGI; MEGALOPTA; MEGALOPTA ECUADORIA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MITE; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MITES; PANAMA; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 67650273320     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598497     Document Type: Review

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