Collective Migration in House Dust Mites

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-82

  Mailleux, Anne Catherine ^a   Astudillo Fernandez, Aina ^b   Martin, Gilles S ^a   Detrain, Claire ^b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; INDOOR AIR; MITE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ACARI; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 78650490272     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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