Mites: Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour Life at a Microscale /

           What creatures live in the dark depths of the ocean, in the lungs of birds, in the canopies of rainforests and in the pillow beneath your head? MITES. Wherever biologists have peered, from forest floors to facial pores, they have found these tiny arachnids. More than 40,000 species have b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Walter, David Evans (Autor), Proctor, Heather C. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:2nd ed. 2013.
Temas:
Invertebrates.
Parasitology.
Ecology .
Biodiversity.
Evolution (Biology).
Biology-Technique.
Invertebrate Zoology.
Ecology.
Evolutionary Biology.
Experimental Organisms.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • 1. What good are mites?
  • 2. The origin of mites: fossil history and relationships
  • 3. Systematic and morphological survey
  • 4. Life cycles, development and size
  • 5. Sex and celibacy
  • 6. Mites in soil & litter systems
  • 7. Acari underwater, or, why did mites take the plunge?
  • 8. Mites on Plants
  • 9. Animals as habitats
  • 10. Mites that cause and transmit disease
  • 11. Mites & biological diversity
  • 12. Mites as models.

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