Arthropods of the great indoors: Characterizing diversity inside urban and suburban homes

PeerJ

Volumn 2016, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bertone, Matthew A ^a   Leong, Misha ^b   Bayless, Keith M ^a   Malow, Tara L F ^c   Dunn, Robert R ^a,d   Trautwein, Michelle D ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Entomology; Houses; Indoor biome; Urban entomology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CECIDOMYIIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MITE; MORPHOSPECIES; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PSOCOPTERA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84955622159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1582     Document Type: Article

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