Meanings of oribatid mites in English

Certain families of oribatid mites also insist that they got rid of men aeons ago.

The ability of soil-living oribatid mites to disperse fungal propagules on their bodies was investigated.

In all trees calculated by different algorithms the Astigmata clustered within the oribatid mites, as proposed earlier.

We investigated the effect of resource availability on the community structure of oribatid mites in a laboratory experiment.

Diversity of oribatid mites was little affected by forest type indicating that they harbor similar numbers of niches.

Seven new species of oribatid mites of the genus Galumna are described from litter and soil materials of Sumatra, Indonesia.

We expected the density of oribatid mites to decline in the reduced litter quality treatment but to increase in the glucose treatment.

In contrast, no mycorrhizal fungi were detected in association with oribatid mites, indicating that their propagules are dispersed in a different way.

In addition, fungi that are known to be a preferred food for oribatid mites such as the Dematiacea were not detected in high numbers.

Density of oribatid mites was highest in the coniferous forests and decreased in the order 30 years old, 70 years old, and natural beech forests.

Oribatid mites are abundant microarthropods in forest soil and important decomposers in terrestrial ecosystems.