Behavioural studies on eriophyoid mites: An overview

Eriophyoid Mites: Progress and Prognoses

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 31-59

  Michalska, Katarzyna ^a   Skoracka, Anna ^b   Navia, Denise ^c   Amrine, James W ^d  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial dispersal; Antipredator behaviour; Eriophyoidea; Host acceptance behaviour; Reproductive behaviour; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865976093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9562-6_3     Document Type: Chapter

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