Ecological changes in historically polluted soils: Metal(loid) bioaccumulation in microarthropods and their impact on community structure [PDF]
International audienceSoil pollution by persistent metal(loid)s present environmental and sanitary risks. While the effects of metal(loid)s on vegetation and macrofauna have been widely studied, their impact on microarthropods (millimetre scale) and ...
A. Austruy +83 more
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Gene dynamics of toll-like receptor 4 through a population bottleneck in an insular population of water voles (Arvicola amphibius) [PDF]
Acknowledgments We would like to thank all colleagues who have contributed to fieldwork and sampling during this study. We would especially like to thank Marius Wenzel and Sandra Telfer for collaboration with different aspects of the study, and Dave ...
Douglas, Alex +3 more
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Abstract Aim Positive relationships in compositional similarity between consumer and resource assemblages are widely known in free‐living taxa, but less is known about parasites and their hosts. We investigated whether congruent patterns of assemblage similarity across diverse taxa of hosts and parasites exist at a continental scale and quantified the ...
Boris W. Berkhout +8 more
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Outbreak of tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) dermatitis in a home for disabled persons [PDF]
Five mentally handicapped individuals living in a home for disabled persons in Southern Germany were seen in our outpatient department with pruritic, red papules predominantly located in groups on the upper extremities, neck, upper trunk and face.
Beck W +16 more
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Soil gamasina mites (Acari: Gamasina) as components of biocenoses under arid conditions [PDF]
The results of research conducted in the period 2002–2004 and 2019–2022 on the study of the ecology of gamasid mites living on biocenoses of cotton, wheat and melons in the northern regions of Turkmenistan are presented.
Khydyrov Peyzulla
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Symbiosis in an overlooked microcosm: a systematic review of the bacterial flora of mites [PDF]
A dataset of bacterial diversity found in mites was compiled from 193 publications (from 1964 to January 2015). A total of 143 mite species belonging to the 3 orders (Mesostigmata, Sarcoptiformes and Trombidiformes) were recorded and found to be ...
Chaisiri, Kittipong +3 more
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Contribution to the Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939 fauna of the Carpathian Basin and the Balkan Peninsula (Acari: Mesostigmata) [PDF]
Altogether nine veigaiid mite species were listed from different countries of the Carpathian Basin and the Balkan Peninsula, eight of them belonging to the genus Veigaia Oudemans, 1905 and one to Gamasolaelaps Berlese, 1904.
Kontschán, Jenő, Ács, Anita Zsanett
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Morphological and molecular characterization of Karyolysus - a neglected but common parasite infecting some European lizards. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Blood parasites of the genus Karyolysus Labbé, 1894 (Apicomplexa: Adeleida: Karyolysidae) represent the protozoan haemogregarines found in various genera of lizards, including Lacerta, Podarcis, Darevskia (Lacertidae) and Mabouia (Scincidae)
Földvári, Gábor +9 more
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Mites Parasitic on Australasian and African Spiders Found in the Pet Trade; a Redescription of Ljunghia pulleinei Womersley [PDF]
Parasitic mites associated with spiders are spreading world-wide through the trade in tarantulas and other pet species. Ljunghia pulleinei Womersley, a mesostigmatic laelapid mite originally found in association with the mygalomorph spider Selenocosmia
A Baker +26 more
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Generic Concept of the Phytoseiids (Acari: Phytoseiidae) according to Athias-Henriot [PDF]
The economic importance of the Phytoseiidae motivated many scientists to work on the systematics of this family. One of them was the French acarologist Claire Athias-Henriot.
Ragusa, S., Tsolakis, H.
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