| a comparative study of development and demographic parameters of tetranychus merganser and tetranychus kanzawai (acari: tetranychidae) at different temperatures. | we investigated the effect of temperature on development and demographic parameters such as the intrinsic rate of natural increase (r (m)) of the two spider mite species tetranychus merganser boudreaux and t. kanzawai kishida at eleven constant temperatures ranging from 15 to 40°c at intervals of 2.5°c. both male and female t. merganser and t. kanzawai completed development from egg to adult at temperatures ranging from 15 to 37.5°c. the longest developmental duration of immature stages was foun ... | 2011 | 21165678 |