Acarology

Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress is a timely overview of the current international research mites and ticks. The outcome of a conference of leading acarologists, it presents major reviews of all current areas of research including:advances in acarine biodiversity and systematicshuman and livestock diseases transmitted by ticks and other parasitic mitesinteractions between mites and their food plantsmites as biological control agentsuse of genetic markers in mite population studiesmites as bioindicatorsecology and biology of soil mitesmite evolutionary ecology and reproductionadvances in acarine diversity and systematicsThe 90 papers in the book represent some of the best research from leading international researchers from over 50 countries, and helps to establish priorities for future research. All papers have been peer reviewed and edited. Acarology is a comprehensive and important addition to the world literature on mites, and is an essential addition to all acarological and entomological reference collections.