Population dynamics of intertidal oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) from the subtropical archipelago of Bermuda

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-172

  Pfingstl, Tobias ^a,b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eggs; Juveniles; Reproduction; Seasonality; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; AUTUMN; DEMOGRAPHY; EGG PRODUCTION; MITE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; WINTER;

BERMUDA;

ACARI; FORTUYNIA; ORIBATIDA;

ACARI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BERMUDA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ACARI; ANIMALS; BERMUDA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883284199     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9687-5     Document Type: Article

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