Trends in Acarology Proceedings of the 12th International Congress /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sabelis, Maurice W. (Editor), Bruin, Jan. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Animal ecology.; Biodiversity.; Invertebrates.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9837-5

Acari are everywhere and acarologists go after them  some aiming to explore the bewildering diversity of the mites and ticks, others trying to understand the how and why of their being. For the past 50 years, the International Congress of Acarology has been the foremost forum for worldwide communic...

Table of Contents:

• Plenary Opening Lecture
• Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Acari
• Morphology of Acari.-Biogeography and Biodiversity of Acari
• Physiological Acarology
• Chemical Acarology
• Evolutionary and Ecological Acarology: Intraspecific Variation
• Evolutionary and Ecological Acarology: Reproductive Behaviour and Sociality
• Evolutionary and Ecological Acarology: Demography, Diapause and Dispersal Ecological Acarology: Associations with Insects
• Ecological Acarology: Invasive Species
• Agricultural Acarology: Biological Control
• Agricultural Acarology: Pesticides and Biological Control
• Agricultural Acarology: Host Plant Effects and Damage
• Veterinary Acarology
• Acaricides
• Acarological Tools.