Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 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 detritus and soil systems -- 7. Acari underwater, or, Why did mites take the plunge? -- 8. Mites on plants -- 9. Animals as habitats -- 10. Mites and biological diversity -- 11. Mites as models -- Appendix -- References
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-313) and index