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European Journal of Entomology, 2001 The physiological parameters mortality, mass, oxygen consumption and amylase activity, and microanatomical features of the digestive tract, mesenchym and reproductive organs were used to characterise starvation in Galumna elimata.
Jan HUBERT, Vladimír ŠUSTR
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The influence of soil communities on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration [PDF]
, 2018 Soil respiration represents a major carbon flux between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere, and is expected to accelerate under climate warming.
AM Makarieva +48 more
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Standardized Protocols for Soil Fauna Extraction and a Call for Cross‐Lab Implementation
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.We present harmonized methodologies, assembled by an international group of experts, for extracting soil‐ and litter‐inhabiting nematodes, enchytraeids, microarthropods, and larger invertebrates. The protocols are illustrated with images and videos, and include advice for overcoming the most frequent issues (’expert tips’) for increasing extraction ...
Michala Tůmová +25 more
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Clave para los géneros más comunes de larvas de Ixodida (Acari:Ixodidae)
Agronomía Costarricense, 2006 Se presenta una clave, a nivel de género, para larvas de garrapatas duras, utilizando caracteres de fácil reconocimiento: surco anal, setas posthypostomales, ojos, sensilla sagittiformia, festones, setas marginales y setas dorsales del tarso I.
Mario Vargas V.
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Veterinary SciencesChiggers are the exclusive vector of Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is the causative agent of scrub typhus. Based on the field surveys in southwest China between 2001 and 2022, this paper retrospectively reported the chigger infestation and distribution ...
Qiao-Yi Liu +6 more
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Dos nuevos taxa de Parholaspidae Evans, 1956 (Acari, Mesostigmata) en Tenerife (Islas Canarias)
Graellsia, 2006 Sobre ejemplares recolectados en Tenerife (Islas Canarias), se describen dos nuevas especies de la familia Parholaspidae Evans, 1965 —Holaspina canariensis sp. n. y Gamasholaspis gamasoides canariensis subsp. n.—. Se ilustra la quetotaxia, poroidotaxia y
M. L. Moraza, M. A. Peña
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Comparison of synthetic membranes in the development of an in vitro feeding system for Dermanyssus gallinae [PDF]
, 2010 Although artificial feeding models for the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) most frequently use biological membranes consisting of day-old chick skin, there are ethical considerations associated with the use of skin.
D.W.J. Harrington +8 more
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A survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of companion animals in Australia
Parasites & Vectors, 2016 BackgroundTicks are among the most important vectors of pathogens affecting companion animals, and also cause health problems such as tick paralysis, anaemia, dermatitis, and secondary infections.
T. Greay +5 more
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The macroecology of immunity: predominant influence of climate on invertebrate immune response
Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 4, April 2026.The immune system is the primary defense against parasites. With the ever‐increasing rate of disease, epidemiologic models considering geographic variation in immune responses could prove useful. Despite increasing interest in the macroecology of parasitism and infectious diseases, we know little about the macroecology of immune responses (i.e ...
Adam Z. Hasik +9 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2012 Developmental characteristics of the predatory bug Orius similis fed on Tetranychus cinnabarinus were investigated at three constant temperatures (25, 28, and 31°C) under laboratory conditions (75±5% relative humidity and a 14L : 10D photoperiod).
Shi-Chang ZHANG +4 more
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