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One Life-history Strategies.- 1 The life strategies of mites.- 2 Life-history evolution of spider mites.- 3 Life-cycle strategies in unpredictably varying environments: genetic adaptations in a colonizing mite.- 4 The evolutionary transformation of osmotic regulation in the life cycle of freshwater mites (Hydrachnidia).- 5 Development and life-history strategies in mussel mites (Hydrachnellae: Unionicolidae).- Two Reproduction.- 6 Spermatology in the Acari: systematic and functional implications.- 7 The distribution, mechanisms and evolutionary significance of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites.- 8 Indirect sperm transfer in prostigmatic mites from a phylogenetic viewpoint.- 9 Spermatophore deposition in relation to atmospheric humidity among terrestrial Parasitengonae (Prostigmata).- 10 The role of Adlerocystis sp. in the reproduction of argasid ticks.- 11 A scanning electron-microscopy study of spermatogenesis in Pergamasus barbarus Berl. (Gamasida.- 12 Precise sex-ratio control in the pseudo-arrhenotokous phytoseiid mite, Typhlodromus occidentalis Nesbitt.- 13 Sex ratio, fitness and capacity for population increase in Pyemotes tritici (L.-F. and M.) (Pyemotidae).- 14 Preliminary observations of ovoviviparity in the gallforming mite, Aceria caulobius (Nal.) (Eriophyidea: Eriophyidae).- 15 Laboratory observations on duration of copulation and egg production of three phytoseiid species fed on pollen.- 16 Precopulatory mate guarding in the spider mite, Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisd.) (Tetranychidae).- Three Diapause, Development and Trophic Relations.- 17 Physiological aspects of diapause in plant-inhabiting mites.- 18 Repeated induction and termination of diapause in the predacious mite, Amblyseius potentillae (Garman) (Phytoseiidae).- 19 Inheritance of photoperiodic responses controlling diapause in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch.- 20 Some observations on diapause in winter eggs of Panonychus ulmi (Koch) (Tetranychidae).- 21 Reproduction, embryonic and postembryonic development of Trichouropoda obscurasimilis Hirschmann and Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 (Anactinotrichida: Uropodina).- 22 Resource allocation and utilization contrasts in Hypoaspis aculeifer (Can.) and Alliphis halleri (G. and R. Can.) (Mesostigmata) with emphasis on food source.- 23 The influence of different host plants on the reproductive potential of Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) and Tyrophagus neiswanderi Johnston and Bruce (Acaridae).- 24 The relationship between house-dust mites and fungi.- 25 How plants maintain body-guards: plant exudate as a food source for phytoseiid mites.- Four Systematic, Morphology, Physiology and Behaviour.- 26 Distribution of characters and phylogenetic age - systematic problems in the higher taxa of the Oribatida.- 27 A new approach to the systematics of the genus Steganacarus (Oribatida).- 28 The morphology of the immature stages of Phthiracaroidea (Oribatida).- 29 A new interpretation of the epimeral theory of Grandjean.- 30 A comparison of the sclerotized parts of the reproductive organs of house-dust mites of the genus Dermatophagoides using scanning electron microscopy.- 31 Reproductive systems in Acaridida - some peculiar features.- 32 A respiratory apparatus in eggs of certain mites.- 33 Fine structure and functions of the mouthparts involved in the feeding mechanisms in Cenopalpus pulcher (Canestrini and Fanzago) (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae).- 34 The alveolar salivary glands of the active phases of trombiculid mites (Trombiculidae).- 35 Pigmentation in water mites of the genera Limnochares Latr. and Hydrodroma Koch (Hydrachnidia).- 36 Biomass studies of water mites of the genera Limnochares Latr. and Hydrodroma Koch (Hydrachnidia).- 37 The saltatory capacity of an oribatid mite.- 38 Thanatosis or feigning death in mites of the family Scutacaridae.- Five Field Studies and Applied Aspects.- 39 The effects of spider-mite feeding on plant performance in relation to biological control.- 40 Dispersio...

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In recent years there have been outstanding advances in our understanding of the ecology of a range of acarine taxa, and in particular plant mites. The aim of this book is to provide a review of the current understanding of the mode of reproduction, development, life history strategies, and resource allocation and utilization of the Acari from dynamic and phylogenetic viewpoints and to encourage workers in specialisations other than plant mites to channel their thinking along similar lines. As such, the coverage of the book is broad and includes discussions of house-dust mites, various animal-parasitic species, and the Acari of plants, soil and stored products. There is also a section on the systematics of the Oribatida. Topics covered include gnathosomal and reproductive anatomy, asexual and sexual reproduction, sex allocation, sperm transfer, embryonic development, duration of development, arrest mechanisms (including diapause), host - Acari interactions, and behaviour, all treated largely in the context of various modes of life including plant, aquatic, animal parasitic, predatory and other free living categories. This book should be of interest to graduate, research and professional acarologists, crop protection specialists, ecologists, animal parasitologists, medical parasitologists and stored-product specialists, as well as to undergraduate students.

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9789401053747: The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies

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ISBN 10:  940105374X ISBN 13:  9789401053747
Editorial: Springer, 1991
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