Subphylum Chelicerata, Class Arachnida

Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates: Ecology and General Biology: Fourth Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 599-660

  Proctor, Heather C ^a   Smith, Ian M ^b   Cook, David R ^c   Smith, Bruce P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CEF   (Canada)

^c Ithaca College ^*  (United States)

^d ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Acariformes; Arachnida; Araneae; Diet; Diversity; Hydrachnideae; Oribatida; Parasitiformes; Parasitism; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942885858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385026-3.00025-5     Document Type: Chapter

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