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Mites and ticks are everywhere and acarologists go after them - some explore their bewildering diversity, others try to understand their how and why. For the past 50 years, the International Congress of Acarology has been the forum for worldwide communication on the knowledge of Acari, helping researchers and students to look beyond their disciplines. Many mites and ticks are economic factors as they are pests of agricultural, veterinary and medical importance, and several species have become model organisms in modern biology. The 96 contributions to Trends in Acarology - reflecting fields as molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, pathology, ecology, evolutionary biology, systematic biology, soil biology, plant protection, pest control and epidemiology - have been reviewed and carefully edited. This volume contains a wealth of new information, that may stimulate research for many years to come.
List of contents
PLENARY OPENING LECTURE.- PHYLOGENY AND TAXONOMY OF ACARI.- MORPHOLOGY OF ACARI.- BIOGEOGRAPHY AND BIODIVERSITY OF ACARI.- PHYSIOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY.- CHEMICAL ACAROLOGY.- EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY: INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION.- EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY: REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIALITY.- EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY: DEMOGRAPHY, DIAPAUSE AND DISPERSAL.- ECOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY: ASSOCIATIONS WITH INSECTS.- ECOLOGICAL ACAROLOGY: INVASIVE SPECIES.- AGRICULTURAL ACAROLOGY: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL.- AGRICULTURAL ACAROLOGY: PESTICIDES AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL.- AGRICULTURAL ACAROLOGY: HOST PLANT EFFECTS AND DAMAGE.- VETERINARY ACAROLOGY.- ACARICIDES.- ACAROLOGICAL TOOLS.
Summary
Mites and ticks are everywhere and acarologists go after them – some explore their bewildering diversity, others try to understand their how and why. For the past 50 years, the International Congress of Acarology has been the forum for worldwide communication on the knowledge of Acari, helping researchers and students to look beyond their disciplines. Many mites and ticks are economic factors as they are pests of agricultural, veterinary and medical importance, and several species have become model organisms in modern biology. The 96 contributions to Trends in Acarology – reflecting fields as molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, pathology, ecology, evolutionary biology, systematic biology, soil biology, plant protection, pest control and epidemiology – have been reviewed and carefully edited. This volume contains a wealth of new information, that may stimulate research for many years to come.
