Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 494 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Series |
2012-2013 Springer E-Books - Biomedical & Life Sciences
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 been described, and up to 1 million may grace our planet. Mites are predators, parasites, herbivores and detritivores. They are vectors of disease, vital players in soil formation and important agents of biological control. But despite the grand diversity of mites, even trained biologists are often unaware of their significance |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 14, 2013) |
Subject |
Mites -- Ecology
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Mites -- Behavior
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Mites -- Evolution
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Mites.
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Ectoparasitic infestations.
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Arthropod vectors.
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Arachnida.
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Arthropoda.
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Parasitic diseases.
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Diseases.
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Public health.
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Medical care.
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Arachnida as carriers of disease.
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Mites
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Ectoparasitic Infestations
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Acari
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Arthropod Vectors
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Skin Diseases, Parasitic
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Arachnida
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Disease Vectors
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Disease Transmission, Infectious
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Arthropods
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Parasitic Diseases
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Invertebrates
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Disease
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Public Health
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Environment and Public Health
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Animals
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Delivery of Health Care
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Eukaryota
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Organisms
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Mite Infestations
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Arachnid Vectors
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Patient Care
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infestation.
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public health.
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Public health
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Parasitic diseases
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Mites
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Medical care
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Ectoparasitic infestations
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Diseases
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Arthropoda
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Arthropod vectors
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Arachnida as carriers of disease
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Arachnida
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Mites -- Ecology
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Mites -- Evolution
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Proctor, Heather Coreen, 1964- author.
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ISBN |
9789400771642 |
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9400771649 |
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9400771630 |
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9789400771635 |
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