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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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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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The effect of mowing on moss mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Xerothermic reserve Gruczno [PDF]

Acta Biologica, 2015
The xerothermic plant communities mowing with different frequency and the brushwood of blackthorn overgrowing the not mowing surface of reserve were investigated.
Grzegorz Bukowski, Bogusław Chachaj
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Applicability and perspectives for DNA barcoding of soil invertebrates [PDF]

PeerJ
Belowground 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, Finn Luca Klemp, Miklós Bálint, Stefan Scheu, Ina Schaefer   +4 more
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VOLUMES OF GENERA AND SPECIES COMPOSITION OF ORIBATIDA (ACARIFORMES, ORIBATIDA) OF THE INTERNAL MOUNTAIN DAGESTAN

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Determinants of Soil Microarthropod Community Biodiversity in the Svalbard High Arctic: Locality or Vegetation Community? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
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.
Seniczak S, Seniczak A, Kaczmarek S, Iturrondobeitia JC, Marquardt T, Coulson SJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Between Mosses and Microbes: Stable Isotopes (¹⁵N/¹⁴N, ¹³C/¹²C) Clarify the Trophic Niches of Oribatid Mites on a High-Arctic Permafrost Archipelago (Svalbard, Norway). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Using stable isotopes (15N, 13C) we identified four trophic groups of oribatid mites (phytophagous, secondary decomposers, predators/scavengers and lichen feeders) on Svalbard; primary decomposers were missing, pointing to low litter quality. Most oribatid mite taxa were boreal/tundra habitat specialists with strong sclerotization which likely improves
Maraun M, Clausen Kaiser R, Coulson SJ, Pan X, Scheu S, Seniczak A.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

New Oppioidea taxa from Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) [PDF]

Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2012
Within the framework of the continuous survey of the Madagascan Oribatida Fauna some newly surveyed Oppioidea (Acari: Oribatida) species are discussed.
Mahunka, S., †Luise Mahunka-Papp
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Soil Microarthropod Communities Along Salt Marsh Transects of the Wadden Sea Are Predominantly Structured by Niche Differentiation. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
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–
Pan X, Warnke L, Zwolski L, Rinke M, Chen TW, Scheu S, Maraun M.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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