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Patterns and drivers of soil surface‐dwelling Oribatida diversity along an altitudinal gradient on the Changbai Mountain, China [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Distribution patterns of biodiversity and environmental interactions are dominant themes in ecology. In montane ecosystems, biodiversity is closely associated with altitudinal gradients.
Yiling Lin, Haitao Wu, Dong Liu, Yaxiao Li, Yujuan Kang, Zhongsheng Zhang, Wenfeng Wang   +6 more
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Different patterns, but no temporal decline in temperate forest soil meso- and macrofauna over the last decade. [PDF]

Ecology
Abstract Global biodiversity loss is threatening ecosystem functioning and human well‐being. Arthropods above the ground have substantially decreased in abundance and diversity during the last 15–20 years. However, changes in belowground biodiversity, particularly in forests, received little attention.
Pollierer MM, Junggebauer A, Bluhm S, Jüds M, Klarner B, Scheu S.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Microhabitat Selectivity of Mites (Acari) in a Natural Lowland Beech Forest (Melico-Fagetum) in Wronie Reserve (Poland) [PDF]

Insects
The European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is a tree species common throughout Europe, with the eastern boundary of its range extending across Poland. Samples were collected in several microhabitats of beech stands (e.g., leaf litter, rotting wood, moss ...
Radomir Graczyk, Sławomir Kaczmarek, Tomasz Marquardt, Krzysztof Gęsiński, Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz   +4 more
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Diversity Patterns and Ecological Network Features of Soil Mite Trophic Groups in Karst Cave Ecosystems. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Along karst cave gradients, soil mites show rising α‐diversity yet declining functional diversity toward cave entrances. Predatory mites sustain ecological network stability as keystone taxa despite simplified communities in oligotrophic zones. This reveals biodiversity maintenance mechanisms in extreme subterranean ecosystems.
Shen Y, Wei Q, Zhou Y, Song T, Liu Y, Lyu X, Xiao H, Chen H.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fungal Energy Channelling Sustains Soil Animal Communities Across Forest Types and Regions. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
We developed a novel framework combining stable isotope analysis of essential amino acids and energy fluxes to quantify basal resource contributions and trophic positions of meso‐ and macrofauna detritivores (Collembola, Oribatida, Diplopoda, Isopoda, Lumbricidae) and predators (Mesostigmata, Chilopoda) in 48 forest sites of different management ...
Junggebauer A, Jüds M, Klarner B, Dyckmans J, Pollierer MM, Scheu S.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

THE EFFECT OF CATTLE LIQUID MANURE FERTILIZATION ON THE SOIL MITES (ACARI) OF PERMANENT MEADOW IN POLAND [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2009
The effect of different doses of cattle liquid manure, with or without the VIT-TRA agent, on the mites of permanent meadow, with species analysis of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) was investigated.
RADOMIR GRACZYK, STANISŁAW SENICZAK, BEATA WASIŃSKA - GRACZYK   +2 more
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Drivers of Centipede and Spider Diversity and Biomass Along an Elevation Gradient on Changbai Mountain, China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Changes in density, diversity, and biomass with elevation differ between centipedes and spiders. Compared to centipedes, spiders are more strongly affected by environmental changes. Climatic variables act as the main drivers of centipede and spider density, diversity, and biomass, with local habitat–related factors being of secondary importance ...
Wan Z, Wu Y, Zhang P, Xie Z, Wu D, Scheu S.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758-2002)

Graellsia, 2004
Se elabora por primera vez un listado mundial de ácaros oribátidos y en él se relacionan sistemáticamente las cerca de 9.000 especies (y subespecies) válidas hasta ahora descritas con sus correspondientes sinonimias, más de un millar, las cuales se ...
Luis S. Subías
doaj   +3 more sources

Moss-Accumulated eDNA Is a Promising Source for Terrestrial Biodiversity Surveys Across the Tree of Life and Biomes. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Developments in the environmental DNA (eDNA) field have revolutionised our ability to map biodiversity by providing cost‐effective and non‐invasive means to survey organisms across the tree of life. In the terrestrial realm, a variety of eDNA sources have been employed, but we lack easily accessible and cosmopolitan sources of terrestrial eDNA.
Lankes HFN, Pedersen LB, Larsen RS, Rousk K, Priemé A, Koné NA, de Vere N, Heilmann-Clausen J, Poulsen M, Bohmann K, Bodawatta KH.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

EFFECTS OF SHEEP TREADING ON PLANT COVERING AND SOIL ORIBATIDA (ACARI) IN A WOODED HAY MEADOW IN SOGN (NORWAY) [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2008
Effects of sheep treading on plant covering and soil oribatid mites in a traditionally maintained wooded hay meadow in Sogn (Norway) were investigated. Samples were taken under the elm trees in 2 zones, situated 1m from the elm trunks, heavily treaded by
STANISŁAW SENICZAK, MARIA ELŻBIETA, ANNA SENICZAK   +2 more
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