The mite Acarus farris inducing defensive behaviors and reducing fitness of termite Coptotermes formosanus: implications for phoresy as a precursor to parasitism

BACKGROUND: The ecology and evolution of phoretic mites and termites have not been well studied. In particular, it is unknown whether the specific relationship between mites and termites is commensal or parasitic. High phoretic mite densities have often been found to occur in weak termite colonies,...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yong, Zhang, Lijun, Zhang, Shijun, Liu, Bingrong, Zeng, Wenhui, Li, Zhiqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9210751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35729504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02036-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9210751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35729504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02036-3

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