Ecology and Evolution of the Acari

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Evolution, phylogeny and speciation

   1. Evolution and systematics of the Chelicerata

      • Peter Weygoldt

      Pages 1-14

   2. Canalized pathways of change and constraints in the evolution of reproductive modes of microarthropods

      • Harald Witte, Dirk Döring

      Pages 15-43

   3. Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes)

      • Roy A. Norton

      Pages 45-72

   4. Evolution of phytophagy in trombidiform mites

      • Evert E. Lindquist

      Pages 73-88

   5. Origin and evolution of feather mites (Astigmata)

      • Jacek Dabert, Serge V. Mironov

      Pages 89-103

   6. Phylogeny and co-speciation in feather mites of the subfamily Avenzoariinae (Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae)

      • Serge V. Mironov, Jacek Dabert

      Pages 105-124

   7. Loss of larval parasitism in parasitengonine mites

      • Bruce P. Smith

      Pages 125-135

   8. Life-history evolution in Parasitengonae (Acari: Prostigmata): constraints on number and size of offspring

      • Andreas Wohltmann

      Pages 137-148

   9. Sperm competition in the Acari

      • Wojciech Witaliński

      Pages 149-156

   10. Distribution of asymmetrical and symmetrical sperm storage in the Eriophyoidea and its phylogenetic implications

       • G. N. Oldfield

       Pages 157-161

   11. Host plant associations in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae): insights from molecular phylogeography

       • Maria Navajas

       Pages 163-174

   12. Genetic differentiation in Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) from greenhouses in France

       • Anastasia Tsagkarakou, Maria Navajas, François Rousset, Nicole Pasteur

       Pages 175-185

   13. The role of adaptation to host plants in the evolution of reproductive isolation: Negative evidence from Tetranychus urticae

       • James D. Fry

       Pages 187-193

   14. Geographic differences in host specialization between the symbiotic water mites Unionicola formosa and U. foili (Acari: Unionicolidae)

       • Dale D. Edwards, Regan Bogardus, Nicholaus Wilhite

       Pages 195-206

3. Ecology and evolution

   1. Interactions between arthropod predators and plants: A conspiracy against herbivorous arthropods?

      • Maurice W. Sabelis, Arne Janssen, Jan Bruin, Frank M. Bakker, Bas Drukker, Petru Scutareanu et al.

      Pages 207-229

   2. Behaviour and indirect interactions in food webs of plant-inhabiting arthropods

      • Arne Janssen, Angelo Pallini, Madelaine Venzon, Maurice W. Sabelis

      Pages 231-249

   3. Behavioural ecology of plant—phytoseiid interactions mediated by herbivore-induced plant volatiles

      • Marcel Dicke, Junji Takabayashi, Maarten A. Posthumus, Conny Schütte, Olga E. Krips

      Pages 251-268

   4. The ecology of Lyme borreliosis vector ticks

      • J. S. Gray

      Pages 269-276

   5. Biology and ecology of trombidiid mites (Acari: Trombidioidea)

      • Zhi-Qiang Zhang

      Pages 277-289

Acarology is on the move! For a long time the development of Acarology as a field of biological science has been dominated by systematists and applied scientists. In the last 15 years, however, Acari have been increasingly recognized as highly suitable for the testing of theories in ecological and evolutionary sciences. The growing interest from evolutionary and molecular biologists and from population and community ecologists in mites and ticks has a strong impetus on the field of Acarology, and has already led to significant progress. This book contains many chapters that illustrate the recent progress in - mainly evolutionary and ecological aspects of - Acarology.

• Adaptation
• Biome
• Chelicerata
• Ecology
• biodiversity
• development
• ecosystem
• evolution
• evolutionary sciences
• morphology
• phylogeny
• Entomology

• Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Jan Bruin, L. P. S. Geest, M. W. Sabelis

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