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Юг России: экология, развитие, 2017 Aim. The aim is to identify the similarities and differences of fauna of oribatid mites (Acariformes, Oribatida) in the Tethys desert-steppe region and analyze geographic relationships of the studied area.Methods.
G. M. Abdurakhmanov +3 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1994 Specialized predation on oribatid mites was confirmed in two Japanese species of the myrmicine genus Myrmecina, the first instance in the Formicidae.
Keiichi Masuko
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Persian Journal of Acarology, 2019 Oribatid mites are one of the dominant soil microarthropods. These mites have an important role in increasing soil fertility through organic materials decomposition.
Maryam Rahgozar +3 more
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Season affects soil oribatid mite communities more than tree diversity in subtropical forests
GeodermaBiodiversity is declining on a global scale with detrimental effects on ecosystem functioning. Effects of reduced tree diversity on the diversity of aboveground animals have been studied in detail, whereas the response of soil animals remains poorly ...
Yannan Chen +7 more
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Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the Transcarpathian lowland, Ukraine
Persian Journal of Acarology, 2021 This article summarizes knowledge on the species composition of oribatid mites of the Transcarpathian lowlands. In total, 174 species of oribatid mites (97 genera and 50 families) are recorded from 53 localities and 18 types of biotopes.
Habriel H. Hushtan +2 more
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Ancestral state reconstruction reveals multiple independent evolution of diagnostic morphological characters in the "Higher Oribatida" (Acari), conflicting with current classification schemes [PDF]
, 2010 Background The use of molecular genetic data in phylogenetic systematics has revolutionized this field of research in that several taxonomic groupings defined by traditional taxonomic approaches have been rejected by molecular data.
Sylvia Schäffer +4 more
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Global Ecology and ConservationThe transformation of rainforests into oil palm and rubber plantations poses a major threat to tropical biodiversity. This has been well documented for a number of above- and belowground taxa; however, to what extent this applies to oribatid mites is ...
Isma Dwi Kurniawan +8 more
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Seasonal fluctuation of oribatid mite communities in forest microhabitats [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Oribatid mites are abundant and diverse decomposers in almost all terrestrial microhabitats, especially in temperate forests. Although their functional importance in the decomposition system in these forests has been investigated, spatio-temporal ...
Katja Wehner +2 more
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A new species of Allogalumna (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) from Iran, including a key to all species of the genus [PDF]
, 2015 A new oribatid mite species of the family Galumnidae, Allogalumna (Allogalumna) iranica sp. n., is described from Iranian soil. It is characterized by the rounded rostrum; long, slightly thick and barbulate interlamellar setae; medium long, thin and ...
Akrami, Mohammad Ali
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Oribatid assemblies of tropical high mountains on some points of the “Gondwana-Bridge” – a case study [PDF]
, 2008 This work is the first part of a series of studies, which introduces the methodological possibilities of coenological and zoogeographical indication and – following the climate, vegetation and elevation zones – the pattern-describing analysis of the main
Balogh, P. +5 more
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