Investigating chemical communication in oribatid and astigmatid mites in bioassays - Pitfalls and suggestions
A pair of exocrine opisthonotal oil glands from which more than one hundred chemical compounds have been described characterizes the glandulate Oribatida and the Astigmata. While allomonal and pheromonal properties were demonstrated for some of these compounds in some species, the biological functi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
2012-08-01
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| Series: | Soil Organisms |
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| Online Access: | https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/272 |