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Oribatid mite communities along an elevational gradient in Sairme gorge (Caucasus).
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- Biodiversity of a temperate karst landscape-ice cave collapse doline supports high α-diversity of the soil mesofauna.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The joint effects of local, climatic, and spatial variables determine soil oribatid mite community assembly along a temperate forest elevational gradient.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
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- Patterns and drivers of soil surface-dwelling Oribatida diversity along an altitudinal gradient on the Changbai Mountain, China.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Influence of ecological and edaphic factors on biodiversity of soil nematodes.Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2021Article
- Oribatid mite communities in mountain scree: stable isotopes (Experimental & applied acarology · 2021Article
- Patterns of oribatid mite species diversity: testing the effects of elevation, area and sampling effort.Experimental & applied acarology · 2017Article
- Oribatid mite species numbers increase, densities decline and parthenogenetic species suffer during bog degradation.Experimental & applied acarology · 2016Article
- Temporal fluctuations in oribatid mites indicate that density-independent factors favour parthenogenetic reproduction.Experimental & applied acarology · 2016Article
- Litter quality indirectly influences community composition, reproductive mode and trophic structure of oribatid mite communities: a microcosm experiment.Experimental & applied acarology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Many aboveground animals and plant communities have been studied along elevational gradients whereas studies on soil animals are scarce. Here, we studied oribatid mite community distribution along an elevational gradient from 600 to 2200 m in forest ecosystems of the Western Lesser Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. Overall, 86 oribatid mite species were found at the study sites. Oribatid mite densities were generally low (~9800 ind./m(2)), and 74% of all species reproduced sexually indicating that resource conditions at the study sites are generally poor. Oribatids mainly comprised Brachypylina (76%), Mixonomata (13%), Desmonomata (6%) and Enarthronota (5%). Oribatid mite community structure changed along the elevational gradient and the changes correlated with temperature, pH, litter thickness and density of the herb layer. The dominance of sexually reproducing taxa and low overall abundance indicate that the studied elevational gradient is characterized by poor resource conditions for soil microarthropods. Oribatid mite species richness and density declined with elevation suggesting that decreasing temperature in concert with resource limitation is a main driver of oribatid mite communities whereas stochastic factors (such as mid-domain effects) are of minor importance.
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