Morphometric analysis of oppiid mites (Acari, Oribatida) collected from Turkey

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-420

  Baran, Şule ^a   Altun, Ayhan ^b   Ayyildiz, Nusret ^c   Kence, Aykut ^b  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Geometric; Morphometrics; Oppiidae; Shape variation; Traditional

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MITE; MORPHOMETRY; PHOTOGRAPH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MITE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; MITES; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

TURKEY;

ACARI; FALLAX; LAUROPPIA; OPPIA NITENS; OPPIIDAE; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 79960125873     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9448-2     Document Type: Article

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