{"product_id":"acari-reinhart-schuster-9780412360701","title":"Acari: Reproduction Development and Life History Strategies","description":"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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reinhart Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0412360705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780412360701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chapman \u0026amp; Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.25d","brand":"Reinhart Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517306253567,"sku":"9780412360701","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_933adfd4-e1b9-482e-bf5c-46a984db196b.jpg?v=1778731249","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/acari-reinhart-schuster-9780412360701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}