References

Relevant external references:
Encyclopedia of Life
http://eol.org/pages/1021952/details
Information on Forensic Entomology via Simon Fraser University http://www.sfu.ca/~ganderso/forensicentomology.htm
More information on A. vulgare's important environmental role via University of Florida in the following article
http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/75810/73468

American Orchid Society 2003. <URL:http://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=140>. Accessed 5 November 2013.

Anderson, G.S. 2013. Forensic entomology: the use of insects in death investigations. <URL: http://www.sfu.ca/~ganderso/>. Accessed 5 November 2013.

Animal Diversity Web 1999.<URL:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu>. Accessed 16 November 2013.

Beauche, F. and F.J. Richard. 2013. The best timing of mate search in Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda, Oniscidea). Public Library of Science ONE 8: 1-9.

Biotic Inventory: documenting diversity at the Katharine Ordway natural history study area 2010.<URL:http://www.macalester.edu>. Accessed 16 November 2013.

Bouchon, D, Cordaux, R and P. Grève. 2008. Feminizing Wolbachia and the evolution of sex determination in isopods.   Pages 273-294 in K. Bourtzis and T.A. Miller, editors. Insect Symbiosis. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

British myriapod and isopod group n.d. <URL:http://www.bmig.org.uk>. Accessed 16 November 2013.

Chevalier, F, J. Herbiniere-Gaboreau, J. Bertaux, M. Raimond, F. Morel, D. Bouchon, P. Greve and C. Braquart-Varnier.  2011. The immune cellular effectors of terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare: meeting with their invaders, Wolbachia. PLoS ONE 6: e18531.

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 1977. The water and temperature relations of Woodlice. Meadowfield Press, Durham, England.

Cordaux, R., A. Michel-Salzat, M. Frelon-Raimond, T. Rigaud and D. Bouchon. 2004. Evidence for a new feminizing Wolbachia strain in the isopod Armadillidium vulgare: evolutionary implications.  Heredity 93: 78-84.

Csonka, D, K. Halasy, P. Szabo, P. Mrak, J. Strus and E. Hornung. 2013. Eco-morphological studies on pleopodal lungs and cuticle in Armadillidium species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). Elsevier 42 (3): 229-235.

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Hadley, N.F. 1994. Water relations of terrestrial arthropods. Academic Press, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Joseph, I, D.G. Mathew, P. Sathyan and G. Vargheese.  2012. The use of insects in forensic investigations: an overview on the scope of forensic enemology. Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences 3(2): 89-91.

Karasawa, S, J. Takatsuka and J. Kato. 2012. Report on Iridiovirus IIV-31 (Iridiovididae, Iridiovirus) infecting terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) in Japan. Crustaceana 85(10): 1269-1278.

King, A.J, S.M. Cragg, Y.L. Jo Dymond, M.J. Guille, D.J, N.C. Bruce, I.A. Graham and S.J. McQueen-Mason.  2010. Molecular insight into lignocellulos digestion by a marine isopod in the absence of gut microbes. PNAS .  Accessed 5 November 2013.

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Lawlor, L. 1976. Molting, growth and reproductive strategies in the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Ecology 57: 1179-1194.

Lawlor, L. 1976. Parental investment and offspring fitness in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare (Latr.) (Crustacea: Oniscidea). Evolution 30: 775-785.

Miller, R.H and Cameron, G.N. 1983. Intraspecific variation of life history parameters in the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Oecologia 57:216-226.

Nickol, B.B. and G.E. Dappen. 1982. Armadillidium vulgare (isopoda) as an intermediate host of Plagiorhynchus cylingraceus (Acanthocephala) and isopod response to infection. The American Society of Parasitologists 68(4): 570-575.

Paris, O.H and F.A. Pitelka. 1962. Population characteristics of the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare in California grassland. Ecology 43(2): 229-248.

Paris, O.H. 1963. The ecology of Armadillidium vulgare (isopoda: oniscoidea) in California grassland: food, enemies and weather.  Ecological Monographs 33(1): 1-22.

Poulin, R, S. Morand. 2000. Testes size, body size and male-male competition in acanthocephalan parasites. Journal of Zoology 250: 551-558.

Pyers, G. 2005. Pill bugs up close. Raintree, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Raham, G. 1986.  Pill Bug Biology: A spider's spinach, but a biologist's delight. The American Biology Teacher 48: 9-16.

Roberts, L, J. Janovy Jr. 2000. Foundations of Parasitology, 6th Ed. McGraw-Hill Companies,  New York, New York, USA.

Schmalfuss, H. 2003. World catalog of terrestrial isopods, isopoda: oniscidea. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany.

Seidl, B.H.M. et al. 2012. Calcite distribution and orientation in the tergite exocuticle of the isopods Porcellio scaber and Armadillidium vulgare (Oniscidea, Crustacea) - a combined FE-SEM, polarized SC mu-RSI and EBSD study. Zeitschrift Fur Kristallographie 227:777-792.

Smigel. J.T. and A.G. Gibbs. 2008. Conglobation in the pill bug, Armadillidium vulgare, as a water conservation mechanism. Journal of Insect Science 8: 1-9.

Souty-Grosset, C. et al. 1998. Individual variation in the seasonal reproduction of the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare Latr. (Crustacea, Oniscidea). Acta Oecologica 19: 367-375.

Suzuki, S. and A. Ziegler. 2011. Sperm storage, sperm translocation and genetalia formation in females of the terrestrial Isopod Armadillidium vulgare (Crustacea, Peracarida, Isopoda). Arthropod Structure and Development 40: 64-76.

The Natural Source 1997. <URL://www3.northern.edu/natsource/INVERT1/Pillbu1.htm>. Accessed 5 November 2013.

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Woodland Park Zoo 2013. <URL:http://http://www.zoo.org/page.aspx?pid=1924#.UqUAovRDuco. Accessed 8 December 2013.

University of Kentucky Entomology 2010. <URL://www2.ca.uky.edu/entomolgy/entfacts/ef439.asp>. Accessed 23 November 2013.

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