The second communication continues the analysis of altitudinal changes and the spatial-typological structure of the Gamasina mite community of the Northeastern Altai based on the data of August 2006 and 2007.
The results of this work are presented in two communications. In this first communication, altitudinal changes and the spatial-typological structure of the Mesostigmata mite community in the Northeastern Altai are studied on the basis of the results of investigations carried out in June 2006 and ...
Major features of the spatial heterogeneity of the oribatid mite population in the Northeastern Altai are revealed from the data obtained in the field seasons of 2002 and 2006. The impact of environmental factors on the population appearance is evaluated.
Soils support highly diverse communities, but due to the great spatial complexity at very fine scales and small size of soil organisms, our knowledge of what structures belowground communities remains limited. We used a spatially nested sampling regime (distances between samples of 0.06 to 122 m...
We present the first report on the use of the non-invasive method of synchrotron X-ray microtomography to model the dynamics and theoretical bite forces of arthropod mouthparts. The nature of the data allowed us to include precise measurements of muscle areas and the spatial geometry of muscle or...
The ridge-slough landscape of the Everglades (Florida, USA), is characterized by elevated ridges dominated by sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) interspersed among deeper sloughs dominated by floating, submerged and emergent macrophytes and calcareous periphyton. Interactions among hydrologic conditio...
How do two shrubs with contrasting life-history characteristics influence abundance of dominant plant taxa, species richness and aboveground biomass of grasses and forbs, litter accumulation, nitrogen pools and mineralization rates? How are these shrubs - and thus their effects on populations, co...
Population dynamics models suggest that both the over-all level of resource productivity and spatial variability in productivity can play important roles in community dynamics. Higher productivity environments are predicted to destabilize consumer–resource dynamics. Conversely, greater heteroge...
Our understanding of the spatial organization of root diversity in plant communities and of the mechanisms of community assembly has been limited by our ability to identify plants based on root tissue, especially in diverse communities. Here, we test the effectiveness of the plastid gene rbcL, a ...
The study investigates diversity patterns in communities of soil oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in three pine plantation forests in New Zealand. The distribution patterns at the metacommunity level were analyzed as the decay in community similarity as a function of intersample distance. The lo...
Small-scale spatial distribution of oribatid mites has been investigated in Amazonia. In addition, medium- and large-scale studies are needed to establish the utility of these mites in detecting natural environmental variability, and to distinguish this variability from anthropogenic impacts. We ...
