Engorgement success of parasitic mites on adult sexes of the colour polymorphic mountain stone weta

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-254

  Robb, T ^a   Forbes, M R ^a   Jamieson, I G ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Ectoparasitism; Podapolipidae; Randomisation tests

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; ECTOPARASITE; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; ROCK AND PILLAR RANGE; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

ACARI; HEMIDEINA; HEMIDEINA MAORI; PODAPOLIPIDAE;

EID: 7644222950     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2004.9518377     Document Type: Article

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