The diversity and host specificity of mites associated with ants: The roles of ecological and life history traits of ant hosts

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-41

  Campbell, K U ^a   Klompen, H ^b   Crist, T O ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Biodiversity; Lasius; Myrmecophiles; Social parasitism; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MITE; PARASITISM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACARI; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS; MESOSTIGMATA;

EID: 84872403738     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-012-0262-6     Document Type: Article

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