Importance of pollen and nectar in flower choice by hummingbird flower mites, proctolaelaps kirmsei (mesostigmata: Ascidae)

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-351

  Cutraro, Jennifer L ^a,b   Ercelawn, Aliya Y ^a   LeBrun, Edward G ^a,c   Lonsdorf, Eric W ^a,d   Norton, Heather A ^a   McKone, Mark J ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rican rain forest; Hamelia patens; Hostchoice of mites; Hummingbird flower mites; Pollen feeding; Proctolaelaps kirmsei; Specialist herbivore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977163804     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647959808683602     Document Type: Article

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