TY - BOOK ID - 8581505 TI - Mites: Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour : Life at a Microscale AU - Walter, David Evans. AU - Proctor, Heather C. PY - 2013 SN - 9400771630 9400771649 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Ectoparasitic Infestations KW - Acari KW - Arthropod Vectors KW - Skin Diseases, Parasitic KW - Arachnida KW - Disease Vectors KW - Disease Transmission, Infectious KW - Arthropods KW - Parasitic Diseases KW - Invertebrates KW - Diseases KW - Public Health KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Animals KW - Health Care KW - Eukaryota KW - Organisms KW - Arachnid Vectors KW - Mites KW - Mite Infestations KW - Zoology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Invertebrates & Protozoa KW - Arachnid Vector KW - Vector, Arachnid KW - Vectors, Arachnid KW - Eucarya KW - Eukarya KW - Eukaryotes KW - Eukaryotas KW - Eukaryote KW - Acariasis KW - Mange KW - Infestation, Mite KW - Infestations, Mite KW - Mite Infestation KW - Acarus KW - Mite KW - Community-Based Distribution KW - Contraceptive Distribution KW - Delivery of Healthcare KW - Dental Care Delivery KW - Distribution, Non-Clinical KW - Distribution, Nonclinical KW - Distributional Activities KW - Healthcare KW - Healthcare Delivery KW - Healthcare Systems KW - Non-Clinical Distribution KW - Nonclinical Distribution KW - Delivery of Dental Care KW - Health Care Delivery KW - Health Care Systems KW - Activities, Distributional KW - Activity, Distributional KW - Care, Health KW - Community Based Distribution KW - Community-Based Distributions KW - Contraceptive Distributions KW - Deliveries, Healthcare KW - Delivery, Dental Care KW - Delivery, Health Care KW - Delivery, Healthcare KW - Distribution, Community-Based KW - Distribution, Contraceptive KW - Distribution, Non Clinical KW - Distributional Activity KW - Distributions, Community-Based KW - Distributions, Contraceptive KW - Distributions, Non-Clinical KW - Distributions, Nonclinical KW - Health Care System KW - Healthcare Deliveries KW - Healthcare System KW - Non Clinical Distribution KW - Non-Clinical Distributions KW - Nonclinical Distributions KW - System, Health Care KW - System, Healthcare KW - Systems, Health Care KW - Systems, Healthcare KW - Ectoparasitic Infestation KW - Infestation, Ectoparasitic KW - Infestations, Ectoparasitic KW - Animalia KW - Animal KW - Metazoa KW - Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health KW - Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health KW - Health, Public KW - Brachiopoda KW - Mesozoa KW - Brachiopodas KW - Invertebrate KW - Mesozoas KW - Parasite Infections KW - Parasitic Infections KW - Disease, Parasitic KW - Diseases, Parasitic KW - Infection, Parasite KW - Infection, Parasitic KW - Infections, Parasite KW - Infections, Parasitic KW - Parasite Infection KW - Parasitic Disease KW - Parasitic Infection KW - Arthropoda KW - Arthropod KW - Autochthonous Transmission KW - Communicable Disease Transmission KW - Horizontal Transmission of Infection KW - Horizontal Transmission of Infectious Disease KW - Infection Transmission KW - Infection Transmission, Horizontal KW - Infectious Disease Transmission KW - Infectious Disease Transmission, Horizontal KW - Pathogen Transmission KW - Pathogen Transmission, Horizontal KW - Transmission of Infectious Disease KW - Transmission, Infectious Disease KW - Autochthonous Transmissions KW - Disease Transmission, Communicable KW - Infection Horizontal Transmission KW - Transmission, Autochthonous KW - Transmission, Communicable Disease KW - Transmission, Infection KW - Transmission, Pathogen KW - Transmissions, Autochthonous KW - Disease KW - Infectious Disease Vectors KW - Disease Vector KW - Disease Vector, Infectious KW - Disease Vectors, Infectious KW - Infectious Disease Vector KW - Vector, Disease KW - Vector, Infectious Disease KW - Vectors, Disease KW - Vectors, Infectious Disease KW - Arachnids KW - Arachnid KW - Arachnidas KW - Parasitic Skin Diseases KW - Disease, Parasitic Skin KW - Diseases, Parasitic Skin KW - Parasitic Skin Disease KW - Skin Disease, Parasitic KW - Arthropod Vector KW - Vector, Arthropod KW - Vectors, Arthropod KW - transmission KW - Life sciences. KW - Parasitology. KW - Ecology. KW - Biodiversity. KW - Evolutionary biology. KW - Invertebrates. KW - Entomology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Evolutionary Biology. KW - Medical parasitology. KW - Evolution (Biology). KW - Insects KW - Invertebrata KW - Biological diversification KW - Biological diversity KW - Biotic diversity KW - Diversification, Biological KW - Diversity, Biological KW - Biology KW - Biocomplexity KW - Ecological heterogeneity KW - Numbers of species KW - Balance of nature KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Animal evolution KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Evolution KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Human beings KW - Human parasitology KW - Medical sciences KW - Parasitology KW - Parasitic diseases KW - Ecology KW - Parasites KW - Mites. KW - Ecology . UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8581505 AB - 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. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (2nd edition) aims to fill the gaps in our understanding of these intriguing creatures. It surveys life cycles, feeding behaviour, reproductive biology and host-associations of mites without requiring prior knowledge of their morphology or taxonomy. Topics covered include evolution of mites and other arachnids, mites in soil and water, mites on plants and animals, sperm transfer and reproduction, mites and human disease, and mites as models for testing ecological and evolutionary theories. Richly illustrated with 128 diagrams, pictures and scanning-electron micrographs, 31 of which are in colour, Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour (2nd edition) combines the authors’ more than 50 years of experience as acarologists with reviews of more than 1600 journal articles and books (450 of these new since the first edition) to reveal the bizarre ingenuity and the importance of these fascinating animals. ER -