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Multiple factors influence claw characteristics in oribatid mites (Acari) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsClaws, as nature's multifaceted instruments, play fundamental roles across the animal kingdom, aiding in prey capture and enabling movement across diverse terrains.
Michaela Kerschbaumer, Tobias Pfingstl
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Do oribatid mites of tropical montane rainforests respond to nitrogen and phosphorus additions?
EcosphereNitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) depositions worldwide are increasing the risks of biodiversity and functionality loss in terrestrial ecosystems, particularly in tropical regions.
Laura M Sánchez-Galindo
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Claw shape variation in oribatid mites of the genera Carabodes and Caleremaeus: exploring the interplay of habitat, ecology and phylogenetics [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Claws are a commonly observed biological adaptation across a wide range of animal groups. They serve different functions and their link to evolution is challenging to analyze.
Michaela Kerschbaumer +2 more
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Mitochondrial analysis of oribatid mites provides insights into their atypical tRNA annotation, genome rearrangement and evolution [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The mitochondrial (mt) genomes of Sarcoptiformes mites typically contain 37 genes. Although the loss of genes is rare in Sarcoptiformes mite mitogenomes, two of the six previously reported oribatid mites (Acariforms: Sarcoptiformes) are ...
Xue-Bing Zhan +15 more
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Older Lineages of Oribatid Mites in Mountain Ranges Have Broader Geographic Ranges and Exhibit More Generalistic Traits [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that drive biodiversity patterns is important for comprehending biodiversity. Despite being critically important to the functioning of ecosystems, the mechanisms driving belowground biodiversity are ...
Xue Pan +11 more
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Determinants of Soil Microarthropod Community Biodiversity in the Svalbard High Arctic: Locality or Vegetation Community? [PDF]
Ecol EvolArctic ecosystems like Svalbard are rapidly changing, yet soil microarthropods remain difficult to monitor due to limited baseline data and demanding field and identification work. Using 172 soil samples from 33 localities, we tested whether vegetation maps could serve as proxies for soil microarthropod communities.
Seniczak S +5 more
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Diversity, 2011 Exotic earthworms are drivers of biotic communities in invaded North American forest stands. Here we used ecologically important oribatid mite (Arachnida: Acari) communities, as model organisms to study the responses of litter- and soil-dwelling ...
Kamal Gandhi, John Maerz, Melany Fisk
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Ecology and EvolutionTundra biomes are strongly affected by globally changing temperatures. Rising temperatures will increase soil biota activity and result in higher CO2 release from tundra soils and ‘greening’ of this biome, which in turn will affect carbon cycling and ...
Mark Maraun +5 more
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Persian Journal of Acarology, 2023 Oribatid mite communities were investigated at six sites of Machakhela National Park (West part of Georgia) in two representative habitat types: Alder (Alnus barbata) forest and mixed forest with chestnut (Castanea Sativa), beech (Fagus orientalis) and ...
Tea Arabuli +2 more
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“Jack‐of‐all‐trades” is parthenogenetic
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Sex is evolutionarily more costly than parthenogenesis, evolutionary ecologists therefore wonder why sex is much more frequent than parthenogenesis in the majority of animal lineages. Intriguingly, parthenogenetic individuals and species are as common as
Mark Maraun +8 more
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