Imprinted or innate food preferences in the model mite Archegozetes longisetosus (Actinotrichida, Oribatida, Trhypochthoniidae)
Most oribatid mites are opportunistic feeders with a broad variety of different food sources. However, preferences for certain food such as dark pigmented fungi, led to the ‘choosy generalist’-hypothesis. The mechanisms behind this idea and whether oribatid mites have an innate or learned preference...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Soil Organisms |
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| Online Access: | http://www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/70 |