Oribatida References published in 2006

Updated 27 March, 2007

1. Altesor, A; Pineiro, G; Lezama, F; Jackson, RB; Sarasola, M; Paruelo, JM. 2006. Ecosystem changes associated with grazing in subhumid South American grasslands. JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE. 17:323-332.

2. Andres, P; Mateos, E. 2006. Soil mesofaunal responses to post-mining restoration treatments. APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 33:67-78.

3. Arillo, A; Subias, LS. 2006. A new oribatid genus and species, Balogheremaeus chimaera from Southeastern Spain (Acariformes, Oribatida, Plateremaeidae) ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE. 52:353-357.

4. Arroyo, J; Iturrondobeitia, JC. 2006. Differences in the diversity of oribatid mite communities in forests and agrosystems lands. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY. 42: 259-269.

5. Badejo, MA; Akinwole, PO. 2006. Microenvironmental preferences of oribatid mite species on the floor of a tropical rainforest. EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY. 40: 145-156.

6. Barratt, BIP; Tozer, PA; Wiedemer, RL; Ferguson, CM; Johnstone, PD. 2006. Effect of fire on microarthropods in New Zealand indigenous grassland. RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT. 59: 383-391.

7. Cianciolo, JM; Norton, RA. 2006. The ecological distribution of reproductive mode in oribatid mites, as related to biological complexity. EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY. 40: 1-25.

8. Classen, AT; DeMarco, J; Hart, SC; Whitham, TG; Cobb, NS; Koch, GW. 2006. Impacts of herbivorous insects on decomposer communities during the early stages of primary succession in a semi-arid woodland. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 38: 972-982.

9. Classen, AT; DeMarco, J; Hart, SC; Whitham, TG; Cobb, NS; Koch, GW. 2006. Impacts of herbivorous insects on decomposer communities during the early stages of primary succession in a semi-arid woodland. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 38(5):972-982.

10. Deere, JA; Chown, SL. 2006. Testing the beneficial acclimation hypothesis and its alternatives for locomotor performance. AMERICAN NATURALIST. 168: 630-644.

11. Deere, JA; Sinclair, BJ; Marshall, DJ; Chown, SL. 2006. Phenotypic plasticity of thermal tolerances in five oribatid mite species from sub-Antarctic Marion Island. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY. 52: 693-700.

12. Eitminaviciute, I. 2006. Microarthropod communities in anthropogenic urban soils. 2. Seasonal dynamics of microarthropod number in crossing curb soils. ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL. 85: 1309-1320.

13. Eitminaviciute, I. 2006. Microarthropod communities in anthropogenic urban soils. 1. The structure of microarthropod complexes in soils of green street curbs. ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL. 85: 1187-1195.

14. Erdmann, G; Floren, A; Linsenmair, KE; Scheu, S; Maraun, M. 2006. Little effect of forest age on oribatid mites on the bark of trees. PEDOBIOLOGIA. 50: 433-441.

15. Fagan, LL; Didham, RK; Winchester, NN; Behan-Pelletier, V; Clayton, M; Lindquist, E; Ring, RA. 2006. An experimental assessment of biodiversity and species turnover in terrestrial vs canopy leaf litter. OECOLOGIA. 147:335-347.

16. Fisk, MC; Kessler, WR; Goodale, A; Fahey, TJ; Groffman, PM; Driscoll, CT. 2006. Landscape variation in microarthropod response to calcium addition in a northern hardwood forest ecosystem. PEDOBIOLOGIA. 50:69-78.

17. Hasegawa, M; Ito, MT; Kitayama, K. 2006. Community structure of oribatid mites in relation to elevation and geology on the slope of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY. 42: 191-196.

18. Irmler, U. 2006. Climatic and litter fall effects on collembolan and oribatid mite species and communities in a beech wood based on a 7 years investigation. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY. 42: 51-62.

19. John, MGS; Wall, DH; Hunt, HW. 2006. Are soil mite assemblages structured by the identity of native and invasive alien grasses?. ECOLOGY. 87: 1314-1324.

20. Johnston, JM. 2006. Diversity surfaces and species wave fronts in a soil microarthropod assemblage: Adding the dimension of time PEDOBIOLOGIA. 50: 527-533.

21. Joo, SJ; Yim, MH; Nakane, K. 2006. Contribution of microarthropods to the decomposition of needle litter in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) plantation FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 234: 192-198.

1. Karasawa, S; Hijii, N. 2006. Determinants of litter accumulation and the abundance of litter-associated microarthropods in bird's nest ferns (Asplenium nidus complex) in the forest of Yambaru on Okinawa Island, southern Japan JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH. 11: 313-318.

2. Karasawa, S; Hijii, N. 2006. Does the existence of bird's nest ferns enhance the diversity of oribatid (Acari-Oribatida) communities in a subtropical forest? BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. 15: 4533-4553.

3. Karasawa, S; Hijii, N. 2006. Effects of distribution and structural traits of bird's nest ferns (Asplenium nidus) on oribatid (Acari-Oribatida) communities in a subtropical Japanese forest. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY. 22 Part 2:213-222.

4. Kuperman, RG; Phillips, CT; Checkai, RT. 2006. Toxicity of chemical warfare agent HD (mustard) to the soil microinvertebrate community in natural soils with contrasting properties PEDOBIOLOGIA. 50: 535-542.

5. Kuty, M. 2006. Nothrus olszanowskii and Nothrus pallidus (Acari-Oribatida-Nothridae) new crotonioid mites from Ecuador ANNALES ZOOLOGICI. 56: 799-804.

6. Kuty, M; Olszanowski, Z. 2006. A new species of Nothrus (Acari-Oribatida-Nothridae) from Ecuador and remarks on N-becki NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 33: 235-240.

7. Larsen, J; Bjune, AE; Caballero, ADR. 2006. Holocene environmental and climate history of Trettetjorn, a low-alpine lake in Western Norway, based on subfossil pollen, diatoms, oribatid mites, and plant macrofossils ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH. 38: 571-583.

8. Lindberg, N; Bengtsson, J. 2006. Recovery of forest soil fauna diversity and composition after repeated summer droughts. OIKOS. 114: 494-506.

9. Lindo, Z; Winchester, NN. 2006. A comparison of microarthropod assemblages with emphasis on oribatid mites in canopy suspended soils and forest floors associated with ancient western red cedar trees. PEDOBIOLOGIA, 50:31-41.

10. Mahunka, S. 2006. Oribatid mites (Acari-Oribatida) from venezuela, II. New or rare species from montane forests ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE. 52: 271-286.

11. Mahunka, S. 2006. Some interesting beetle mites from Pacific Islands collected by Antonius van Harten (Acari-Oribatida). (Acarologica genavensia CVIII) REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE. 113: 579-593.

12. Mahunka, S. 2005. Oribatid mites (Acari-Oribatida) from Venezuela, I. Microzetid species. ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 51(4):287-311.

13. Mahunka, S; Mahunka-Papp, L. 2006. Oribatids from Switzerland XIII (Acari-Oribatida-Brachychthoniidae). (Acarologica genavensia CVII) REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE. 113: 841-856.

14. Makino, S; Goto, H; Inoue, T; Sueyoshi, M; Okabe, K; Hasegawa, M; Hamaguchi, K; Tanaka, H; Okochi, I. 2006. The monitoring of insects to maintain biodiversity in ogawa fores reserve. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT. 120: 477-485.

15. Martinez, PA; Herrero, AC. 2006. A new species of Passalozetes (Acari-Oribatida) from the Andes mountains of Argentina. ZOOTAXA, 1160:49-55.

16. Meehan, TD. 2006. Mass and temperature dependence of metabolic rate in litter and soil invertebrates. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY. 79: 878-884.

17. Migge-Kleian, S; McLean, MA; Maerz, JC; Heneghan, L. 2006. The influence of invasive earthworms on indigenous fauna in ecosystems previously uninhabited by earthworms. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 8: 1275-1285.

18. Niedbala, W. 2006. Four new species of Ptyctimous mites (Acari-Oribatida) from Mesoamerica. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI. 56: 791-797.

19. Niedbala, W. 2006. New species of palaearctic Euphthiracaridae (Acari, Oribatida). ZOOTAXA. 1175: 43-54.

20. Niedbala, W. 2006. New species of palaearctic Oribotritiidae (Acari, Oribatida). ZOOTAXA. 1175: 55-68.

21. Osler, GHR; Cole, L; Keith, AM. 2006. Changes in oribatid mite community structure associated with the succession from heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland to birch (Betula pubescens) woodland. PEDOBIOLOGIA. 50: 323-330.

22. Osler, GHR; Korycinska, A; Cole, L. 2006. Differences in litter mass change mite assemblage structure on a deciduous forest floor ECOGRAPHY. 29: 811-818.

23. Panitz, E; Dodson, RE; Godfrey, RW. 2006. Infections of Moniezia expansa (Rudolphi, 1810) in sheep during the wet and dry seasons on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY. 73: 179-183.

24. Pernin, C; Ambrosi, JP; Cortet, J; Joffre, R; Le Petit, J; Tabone, E; Torre, F; Krogh, PH. 2006. Effects of sewage sludge and copper enrichment on both soil mesofauna community and decomposition of oak leaves (Quercus suber) in a mesocosm. BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 43: 39-50.

25. Pernin, C; Cortet, J; Joffre, R; Le Petit, J; Torre, F. 2006. Sewage sludge effects on mesofauna and Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) leaves decomposition in a Mediterranean forest firebreak. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. 35: 2283-2292.

26. Raspotnig, G. 2006. Chemical alarm and defence in the oribatid mite Collohmannia gigantea (Acari-Oribatida). EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY. 39: 177-194.

27. Rombke, J; Hofer, H; Garcia, MVB; Martius, C. 2006. Feeding activities of soil organisms at four different forest sites in Central Amazonia using the bait lamina method. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY, 22:313- 320.

28. Salamon, JA; Alphei, J; Ruf, A; Schaefer, M; Scheu, S; Schneider, K; Suhrig, A; Maraun, M. 2006. Transitory dynamic effects in the soil invertebrate community in a temperate deciduous forest: Effects of resource quality. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 38:209-221.

29. Salmon, S; Mantel, J; Frizzera, L; Zanella, A. 2006. Changes in humus forms and soil animal communities in two developmental phases of Norway spruce on an acidic substrate. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 237: 47-56.

30. Schaefer, I; Domes, K; Heethoff, M; Schneider, K; Schon, I; Norton, RA; Scheu, S; Maraun, M. 2006. No evidence for the 'Meselson effect' in parthenogenetic oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari) JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 191:184-193.

31. Schatz, H. 2006. Catalogue of known oribatid mite species (Acari Oribatida) from the Central American landbridge (First part). TROPICAL ZOOLOGY. 19: 209-288.

32. Shakhab, SV. 2006. Oribatid mites (Oribatei, Acariformes) from nests of passerine birds. ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL. 85: 1025-1028.

33. Shtanchaeva, UY; Subias, LS. 2006. Caucaseremaeus gen. N. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Eremaeidae) from Armenia. ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL. 85: 1261-1264.

34. Smrz, J. 2006. Microhabitat selection in the simple oribatid community dwelling in epilithic moss cover (Acari-Oribatida) NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN. 93: 570-576.

35. Smrz, J. 2006. Types of haemocytes in saprophagous soil mites (Acari-Oribatida, Acaridida), and the correlation between their presence and certain processes within mites. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY. 103: 679-686.

36. Walton, BM; Tsatiris, D; Rivera-Sostre, M. 2006. Salamanders in forest-floor food webs: Invertebrate species composition influences top-down effects. PEDOBIOLOGIA. 50: 313-321.

37. Wauthy, G; Ducarme, X. 2006. Description of Hypogeoppia belgicae, a new species of cave mite (Acari, Oribatida), and comments on some characters BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY. 136: 203-218.

38. Winchester, NN. 2006. Ancient temperate rain forest research in British Columbia. CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 138(1):72-83.

39. Zaitsev, AS; Wolters, V. 2006. Geographic determinants of oribatid mite communities structure and diversity across Europe: a longitudinal perspective EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY. 42: 358-361.

40. Zaitsev, AS; Wolters, V; Waldhardt, R; Dauber, J. 2006. Long-term succession of oribatid mites after conversion of croplands to grasslands. APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 34:230-239.