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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Phoretic mites"”.
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Mite and fungal associates on mountain pine beetles attacking three pines species in northern Colorado
… beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) interacts with phoretic organisms such as mites, nematodes, fungi, and bacteria. The types of associations these organisms establish with the mountain pine beetle vary from mutualistic to antagonistic. The most studied of these interactions are those between …
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Ecology of Mite Phoresy on Mountain Pine Beetles
… the net effects of the phoresy observed in mites and mountain pine beetles (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins. Using flight mills, I found that MPB flight increased with beetle size and body condition but was not modified by mite abundance. Mites were initially more abundant on larger …
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On the ecological transitions between parasitism and mutualism
… beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides) and their phoretic mites (the species complex Poecilochirus carabi) as a model symbiosis. I begin by showing that P. carabi is the most abundant mite species associating with burying beetles, and that it coexists with the mite Macrocheles nataliae. I show …