Egg number varies with population density; a study of three oribatid mite species in orchard habitats in Egypt

Acarologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-258

  Khalil, Mohamed A ^a   Al Assiuty, A N I ^a   van Straalen, Nico M ^b  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg number; Gut content; Soil invertebrates; Species traits; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

ACARI; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHOTRICHUS; ORIBATIDA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; SCHELORIBATES LAEVIGATUS; XYLOBATES; ZYGORIBATULA;

EID: 79960173116     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: 21077207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20112009     Document Type: Article

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