Patterns and drivers of soil surface-dwelling Oribatida diversity along an altitudinal gradient on the Changbai Mountain, China. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 The beta diversity of soil surface‐dwelling Oribatida was decreased with the altitude rising, and the structure of the community was more influenced by species turnover component than nestedness component. Abstract Distribution patterns of biodiversity and environmental interactions are dominant themes in ecology. In montane ecosystems, biodiversity is
Lin Y +6 more
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Environmental DNA metabarcoding of cow dung reveals taxonomic and functional diversity of invertebrate assemblages. [PDF]
Mol Ecol, 2021 Abstract Insects and other terrestrial invertebrates are declining in species richness and abundance. This includes the invertebrates associated with herbivore dung, which have been negatively affected by grazing abandonment and the progressive loss of large herbivores since the Late Pleistocene.
Sigsgaard EE +6 more
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Species composition of shoreline wolf spider communities vary with salinity, but their diets vary with wrack inflow. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 A small change in salinity (5‰ vs 7‰) cause total turnover of wolf spider species composition. Wolf spider diets do not vary between species. Wolf spider diets differ between sites with or without a thick wrack bed. Abstract Wolf spiders are typically the most common group of arthropod predators on both lake and marine shorelines because of the high ...
Hambäck PA +5 more
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The oribatid mite genus Macrogena (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetidae), with description of two new species from New Zealand [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2015 Two new species of oribatid mites of the genus Macrogena (Oribatida, Ceratozetidae) are described from alpine soils of the South Island of New Zealand. Macrogena brevisensilla sp. n. and M. abbreviata sp. n.
Sergey Ermilov, Maria Minor
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Repeated convergent evolution of parthenogenesis in Acariformes (Acari). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 We investigated the radiation of Acariformes and reconstructed their ancestral mode of reproduction using 18S rDNA. We found that (a) Acariformes as well as Oribatida evolved from a sexual ancestor, (b) species‐rich parthenogenetic taxa radiated independently at least four times in Acariformes, (c) parthenogenesis additionally evolved frequently in ...
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Effect of coupled reduced irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer on soil mite community composition in a wheat field. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2019 Moderate reductions of IR and N fertilizer may not decrease crop production or threaten to soil organism community and diversity. On the contrary, it will benefit to decrease agricultural inputs and maintain the sustainable development of agriculture.
Zheng C +6 more
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Morphological Ontogeny, Ecology, and Biogeography of Fuscozetes fuscipes (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetidae) [PDF]
AnimalsThe systematic status of Fuscozetes Sellnick, 1928, is not clear in the literature. Therefore, the morphological ontogeny of F. fuscipes (C.L. Koch, 1844), the type species of this genus, was investigated and compared with its congeners in this study ...
Stanisław Seniczak +2 more
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Older Lineages of Oribatid Mites in Mountain Ranges Have Broader Geographic Ranges and Exhibit More Generalistic Traits. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe investigated the radiation and trait diversity of soil oribatid mites from two mountain ranges (the Alps and Changbai Mountain). We found that phylogenetically older oribatid mites of mountain ranges have broader trophic variation, larger geographical range sizes, and more often reproduce via parthenogenesis.
Pan X +11 more
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New records of oribatid mites from Michoacán state, Mexico
Entomological Communications, 2021 Eleven species of oribatid mites are reported from Michoacán state, Mexico for the first time: Ceratozetidae: unidentified species of Adoribatella Woolley, 1967; Damaeidae: Belbodamaeus (Lanibelba) palaciosi (Iglesias & Guzmán, 2012); Eremobelbidae ...
Harol Revelo-Tobar +3 more
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Analysis of Oribatid Fauna of the East European Tundra with First Reported Data of Subpolar Urals
Diversity, 2020 This study presents data on the oribatid mite fauna of the Subpolar Urals for the first time. Observations were made in the Lembekoyu River valley and 35 species of oribatid mites from 24 genera and 21 families were found.
Elena N. Melekhina
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