Determinants of Soil Microarthropod Community Biodiversity in the Svalbard High Arctic: Locality or Vegetation Community? [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.Arctic 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.
Stanisław Seniczak +5 more
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Microhabitat Selectivity of Mites (Acari) in a Natural Lowland Beech Forest (Melico-Fagetum) in Wronie Reserve (Poland) [PDF]
InsectsThe 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 +4 more
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Different patterns, but no temporal decline in temperate forest soil meso‐ and macrofauna over the last decade [PDF]
Ecology, Volume 106, Issue 11, November 2025.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.
Melanie M. Pollierer +5 more
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Soil Microarthropod Communities Along Salt Marsh Transects of the Wadden Sea Are Predominantly Structured by Niche Differentiation [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.We combined α‐ and β‐diversity to investigate the community assembly of soil microarthropods (Collembola, Oribatida, Mesostigmata) along a salt marsh transect from the upper salt marsh to the lower salt marsh to the pioneer zone on three islands in the Wadden Sea of Germany. The results suggest that soil microarthropod communities in the dynamic marine–
Xue Pan +6 more
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Applicability and perspectives for DNA barcoding of soil invertebrates [PDF]
PeerJBelowground invertebrate communities are dominated by species-rich and very small microarthropods that require long handling times and high taxonomic expertise for species determination.
Jéhan Le Cadre +4 more
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Юг России: экология, развитие, 2014 This work is based on research and materials collected from 2000 to 2012, with the application of the method of selection of soil samples, according to the methodology of the quantitative survey.
G. M. Abdurakhmanov, E. Z. Davudova
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Diversity Patterns and Ecological Network Features of Soil Mite Trophic Groups in Karst Cave Ecosystems [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.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.
Yan Shen +7 more
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A Regional DNA Barcode Library for Northern Rocky Mountain Arthropods to Support Biodiversity and Molecular Ecological Research [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.We developed the MPG Ranch Arthropod Library (MPG‐AL), a COI DNA barcode reference library for arthropods of the Northern Rocky Mountains, to address gaps in barcode coverage for the western United States. From 86,533 specimens collected in Montana, we generated 52,270 DNA barcodes spanning 38 orders and 1793 species, adding 5154 Barcode Index Numbers (
Mathew T. Seidensticker +3 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
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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 +2 more
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