More sex at higher altitudes: Changes in the frequency of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites in tropical montane rain forests

Pedobiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 4-6, 2013, Pages 185-190

  Maraun, Mark ^a   Fronczek, Stefanie ^a   Marian, Franca ^a   Sandmann, Dorothee ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitude; Oribatid mites; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COUPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MITE; MONTANE FOREST; PARTHENOGENESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION;

ECUADOR;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84887991615     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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