How land-use intensity affects sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites in temperate forests and grasslands in Germany

Parthenogenetic vs . sexual reproduction in oribatid mite communities

(2019) Mark Maraun et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features

(2018) Caterina Penone et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Land-use type and intensity differentially filter traits in above- and below-ground arthropod communities

(2017) Klaus Birkhofer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Intensive land use drives small-scale homogenization of plant- and leafhopper communities and promotes generalists

(2017) Melanie N. Chisté et al.   OECOLOGIA

Temporal fluctuations in oribatid mites indicate that density-independent factors favour parthenogenetic reproduction

(2016) Christian Bluhm et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

(2016) Martin M. Gossner et al.   NATURE

A female-biased sex ratio reduces the twofold cost of sex

(2016) Kazuya Kobayashi et al.   Scientific Reports

Specialization of oribatid mites to forest microhabitats-the enigmatic role of litter

(2016) Katja Wehner et al.   Ecosphere

Losers, winners, and opportunists: How grassland land-use intensity affects orthopteran communities

(2016) Melanie N. Chisté et al.   Ecosphere

Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition

(2015) Eric Allan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

Lack of energetic equivalence in forest soil invertebrates

(2014) Roswitha B. Ehnes et al.   ECOLOGY

Trophic shift of soil animal species with forest type as indicated by stable isotope analysis

(2014) Bernhard Klarner et al.   OIKOS

Resource Availability as Driving Factor of the Reproductive Mode in Soil Microarthropods (Acari, Oribatida)

(2014) Katja Wehner et al.   PLoS One

An index of forest management intensity based on assessment of harvested tree volume, tree species composition and dead wood origin

(2014) Tiemo Kahl et al.   Nature Conservation-Bulgaria

Active dispersal of oribatid mites into young soils

(2012) Ricarda Lehmitz et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

History of land-use intensity can modify the relationship between functional complexity of the soil fauna and soil ecosystem services – A microcosm study

(2012) M. Liiri et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

(2012) Nico Blüthgen et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Regional factors rather than forest type drive the community structure of soil living oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida)

(2012) Georgia Erdmann et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Landscape geological age explains large scale spatial trends in oribatid mite diversity

(2012) Andrei S. Zaitsev et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

General Relationships between Abiotic Soil Properties and Soil Biota across Spatial Scales and Different Land-Use Types

(2012) Klaus Birkhofer et al.   PLoS One

The many costs of sex

(2011) Jussi Lehtonen et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories

(2010) Markus Fischer et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Biodiversity is associated with indicators of soil ecosystem functions over a landscape gradient of agricultural intensification

(2010) Steven W. Culman et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Decomposing logs increase oribatid mite assemblage diversity in mixedwood boreal forest

(2009) Andrea D. Déchêne et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Do Decaying Logs Represent Habitat Islands? Oribatid Mite Communities in Dead Wood

(2008) Piotr Skubała et al.   ANNALES ZOOLOGICI

Do arthropod assemblages display globally consistent responses to intensified agricultural land use and management?

(2008) S. J. Attwood et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

(2008) Klaus Birkhofer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY