The Formation of Collective Silk Balls in the Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Koch

Tetranychus urticae is a phytophagous mite that forms colonies of several thousand individuals. These mites construct a common web to protect the colony. When plants become overcrowded and food resources become scarce, individuals gather at the plant apex to form a ball composed of mites and their s...

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Autores principales: Clotuche, Gwendoline, Mailleux, Anne-Catherine, Astudillo Fernández, Aina, Deneubourg, Jean-Louis, Detrain, Claire, Hance, Thierry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3077419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018854

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3077419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018854

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