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Older Lineages of Oribatid Mites in Mountain Ranges Have Broader Geographic Ranges and Exhibit More Generalistic Traits. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We 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, Heimburger B, Chen TW, Lu JZ, Cordes PH, Xie Z, Sun X, Liu D, Wu D, Scheu S, Schaefer I, Maraun M.   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

An Early Pleistocene interglacial deposit at Pingorsuit, North‐West Greenland

Boreas, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 27-41, January 2023., 2023
At the Pingorsuit Glacier in North‐West Greenland, an organic‐rich deposit that had recently emerged from the retreating ice cap was discovered at an elevation of 480 m above sea level. This paper reports on macrofossil analyses of a coarse detritus gyttja and peaty soil, which occurred beneath a thin cover of till and glacifluvial deposits.
Ole Bennike, William Colgan, Lars Hedenäs, Oliver Heiri, Geoffrey Lemdahl, Peter Wiberg‐Larsen, Sofia Ribeiro, Roberto Pronzato, Renata Manconi, Anders A. Bjørk   +9 more
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Soil animal communities demonstrate simplification without homogenization along an urban gradient. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Abstract Urbanization profoundly impacts biodiversity and ecosystem function, exerting an immense ecological filter on the flora and fauna that inhabit it, oftentimes leading to simplistic and homogenous ecological communities. However, the response of soil animal communities to urbanization remains underexplored, and it is unknown whether their ...
Bock HW, Groffman PM, Sparks JP, Rossi FS, Wickings KG.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Wolbachia in Antarctic terrestrial invertebrates: Absent or undiscovered? [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia are recognized for their role in influencing host survival and stress resistance, particularly in cold environmental conditions across various species. However, our analysis of available data reveals a notable absence of Wolbachia in species abundant in the extreme cold conditions of Antarctica.
Serga S, Kovalenko PA, Maistrenko OM, Deconninck G, Shevchenko O, Iakovenko N, Protsenko Y, Susulovsky A, Kaczmarek Ł, Pavlovska M, Convey P, Kozeretska I.   +11 more
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Niche dimensions in soil oribatid mite community assembly under native and introduced tree species. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Using functional traits, our study showed that oribatid mite communities were structured by both filtering and partitioning processes. Coexisting species differed more in resource‐related (α‐niche) traits than in morphological (β‐niche) traits, and were driven more by tree species identity (beech vs. conifer) than by forest type (monoculture vs.
Noske JE, Lu JZ, Schaefer I, Maraun M, Scheu S, Chen TW.   +5 more
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Feeding of two species of Scydmaeninae "hole scrapers", Cephennium majus and C. ruthenum (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), on oribatid mites

European Journal of Entomology, 2016
Prey preferences and feeding-related behaviour of two Central European species of Scydmaeninae, Cephennium majus and Cephennium ruthenum, were studied under laboratory conditions.
Paweł JAŁOSZYŃSKI, Ziemowit OLSZANOWSKI   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lichen-Associated Oribatid Mites in the Taiga Zone of Northeast European Russia: Taxonomical Composition and Geographical Distribution of Species

Diversity, 2023
We examined 35 species of ground and epiphytic lichens, including fruticose, foliose, and crustose lichen, as habitats of oribatid mites. Observations were carried out in the taiga forests of northeast European Russia, and 87 oribatid species from 38 ...
Elena N. Melekhina
doaj   +1 more source

Oribátidos (Acari, Oribatida) de las loreras (Prunus lusitanicus L.) de Extremadura (suroeste de España) y descripción de una nueva especie de Cosmochthonius Berlese, 1910 (Cosmochthoniidae)

Graellsia, 2012
En el primer estudio de los ácaros oribátidos de las “loreras” (Prunus lusitanicus L.) de Extremadura (suroeste de España) se han encontrado un total de 147 especies, de las que se describe una nueva para la ciencia, Cosmochthonius lusitanicus n.
L. S. Subías, U. Shtanchaeva
doaj   +1 more source

An Opto-Electronic Sensor-Ring to Detect Arthropods of Significantly Different Body Sizes

Sensors, 2020
Arthropods, including pollinators and pests, have high positive and negative impacts on human well-being and the economy, and there is an increasing need to monitor their activity and population growth.
Esztella Balla, Norbert Flórián, Veronika Gergócs, Laura Gránicz, Franciska Tóth, Tímea Németh, Miklós Dombos   +6 more
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Soil Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) in the plots of grass collection in ihar Bydgoszcz

Acta Biologica, 2015
The population of soil oribatid mites in 14 plots of grass collection in IHAR in Bydgoszcz was investigated. Abundance of Oribatida population ranged 0.8–46.7 thousand indiv./m2.
Grzegorz Bukowski, Bogusław Chachaj
doaj   +1 more source