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Evaluating the link between predation and pest control services in the mite world. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2020
In vitro tests have been confronted with mite inventories and airborne DNA analyses. Three out of seven taxa of native predatory mites are able to feed on Dermanyssus gallinae. The same three predators are associated with the parasite in poultry houses. We've detected no obvious signals from any pest control service.
Roy L, Taudière A, Papaïx J, Blatrix R, Chiron G, Zriki G, Bonato O, Barnagaud JY.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Soil fauna drives vertical redistribution of soil organic carbon in a long-term irrigated dry pine forest. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol, 2022
Although essential for C incorporation into the soil, the role of soil fauna in SOC cycling of dry forests has largely been overlooked. Here, we show that 17‐year‐long irrigation in a naturally dry pine forest led to C losses from organic layers and comparable C gains in uppermost mineral soils.
Guidi C, Frey B, Brunner I, Meusburger K, Vogel ME, Chen X, Stucky T, Gwiazdowicz DJ, Skubała P, Bose AK, Schaub M, Rigling A, Hagedorn F.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Inclusion of juvenile stages improves diversity assessment and adds to our understanding of mite ecology - A case study from mires in Norway. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2022
Including the juveniles explained a greater amount of the variability of Trombidiformes and Mesostigmata, but had less of an impact for Sarcoptiformes. Including juveniles increased the observed species richness by 6% in comparison to data based on adults only.
Seniczak A, Seniczak S, Iturrondobeitia JC, Marciniak M, Kaczmarek S, Mąkol J, Kaźmierski A, Zawal A, Schwarzfeld MD, Flatberg KI.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Response of protists to nitrogen addition, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi manipulation, and mesofauna reduction in a tropical montane rainforest in southern Ecuador

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 70, Issue 6, November/December 2023., 2023
Abstract The tropical Andes are a species‐rich and nitrogen‐limited system, susceptible to increased nitrogen (N) inputs from the atmosphere. However, our understanding of the impacts of increased N input on belowground systems, in particular on protists and their role in nutrient cycling, remains limited.
Garvin Schulz, Tessa Camenzind, Laura M. Sánchez‐Galindo, Dominik Schneider, Stefan Scheu, Valentyna Krashevska   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community structure variability of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in nests of the common mole, Talpa europaea, in Central Europe [PDF]

Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2016
Jerzy Błoszyk, Bartłomiej Gołdyn
exaly   +2 more sources

Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

Biological Reviews, Volume 97, Issue 3, Page 1057-1117, June 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground biodiversity and, ultimately, human nutrition. Soil ecologists often operate with functional groups to infer the effects of individual taxa on ecosystem functions and services ...
Anton M. Potapov, Frédéric Beaulieu, Klaus Birkhofer, Sarah L. Bluhm, Maxim I. Degtyarev, Miloslav Devetter, Anton A. Goncharov, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Bernhard Klarner, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Dana F. Liebke, Mark Maraun, Rory J. Mc Donnell, Melanie M. Pollierer, Ina Schaefer, Julia Shrubovych, Irina I. Semenyuk, Alberto Sendra, Jiri Tuma, Michala Tůmová, Anna B. Vassilieva, Ting‐Wen Chen, Stefan Geisen, Olaf Schmidt, Alexei V. Tiunov, Stefan Scheu   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cryptic diversity within the Poecilochirus carabi mite species complex phoretic on Nicrophorus burying beetles: Phylogeny, biogeography, and host specificity

Molecular Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 658-674, January 2022., 2022
Abstract Coevolution is often considered a major driver of speciation, but evidence for this claim is not always found because diversity might be cryptic. When morphological divergence is low, molecular data are needed to uncover diversity. This is often the case in mites, which are known for their extensive and often cryptic diversity.
Julia Canitz, Derek S. Sikes, Wayne Knee, Julia Baumann, Petra Haftaro, Nadine Steinmetz, Martin Nave, Anne‐Katrin Eggert, Wenbe Hwang, Volker Nehring   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dead Wood as an Element Enriching Biodiversity of Forest Ecosystems: A Case Study Based on Mites from the Suborder Uropodina (Acari: Parasitiformes)

Diversity, 2021
The importance of dead wood in forest ecosystems for the existence of invertebrates has been widely discussed in the literature. The major aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that the presence of dead wood in forests considerably increases the ...
Jerzy Błoszyk, Tomasz Rutkowski, Agnieszka Napierała, Szymon Konwerski, Michał Zacharyasiewicz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

First wild capture of the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Hungary [PDF]

Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2022
The first wild caught Hungarian specimen of the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) is reported from Zala county, close to the Croatian border.
Murányi, Dávid
doaj   +1 more source

Unstable microhabitats (merocenoses) as specific habitats of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) [PDF]

Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2013
Jerzy Błoszyk, Agnieszka Napierała
exaly   +2 more sources