The tropics as an ancient cradle of oribatid mite diversity

Acarologia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 309-322

  Pachl, Patrick ^a   Lindl, Ann Christin ^a   Krause, Alena ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Schaefer, Ina ^a   Maraun, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acari; Gondwana; Museum; Pangaea; Radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017909593     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: 21077207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164148     Document Type: Article

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