[Effect of microclimate on the development of parasitic arthropods]

The paper contains a survey of methods used and experience gained during the 25-year research of the influence of microclimate on the existence and development of parasitic arthropods at the Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Research methods by means of apparatuses, organization of long-term experiments and procedures in the assessment of results are described. An emphasis is put on the inter-disciplinary character of such working trend and on the advantage of creating complex working teams, in which the biologist must be the initiator and coordinator of the studies.