Oribatid Mites biodiversity, taxonomy and ecology

• Main Author: Behan-Pelletier, Valerie
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: United States CRC Press 2023; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Acariformes; Acarology; AGRICULTUREnetBASE; Agronomy; Animal Ecology; Biodiversity; Biogeographical distributions; Biology; BIOSCIENCEnetBASE; Classification; Ecology; Entomology; ENVIROnetBASE; ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCEnetBASE; LIFESCIENCEnetBASE; Oribatida; Plant & Animal Ecology; SCI-TECHnetBASE; Soil biodiversity; Soil Sciences; STMnetBASE; Opisthosomal Gland; High Habitat Heterogeneity; Soil biodiversity; Tectocepheus Velatus; Notogastral Setae; Prairie Ecozone; Lamellar Setae; Entomology/Acarology; Oribatid Mite Community; Porose Areas; Molecular Divergence Times; Genital Plates; Tactile Setae; Biogeographical distributions; Acariform Mite; Body Fossils; Ecology; Sejugal Furrow; Oribatida; Oribatid Mites; Oribatid Species; Plains Ecozone; Bothridial Seta; Short Grass Prairie; Animal Kingdom; Ventral Plate; Genital Papillae; Oribatid Mite Species; Prodorsal Setae; Mixedwood Plains
• ISBN: 1000599876; 9781000599879; 9781032102931; 1032102942; 9781032102948; 1032102934
• DOI: 10.1201/9781003214649

Oribatid mites, also called beetle or moss mites, include more than 10,000 named species representing 172 families worldwide. This book provides an identification key to the 96 families, 250 genera and the c.580 described species for Canada and Alaska, a fauna that encompasses more than 50% of Northern Hemisphere genera. It includes known data on the ecology of species, their distribution in the Holarctic region, and relevant literature. Oribatid mites are model arthropods in studies on development, morphology, ecology, physiology, and biomechanics. Growing recognition of the importance of soil systems for agriculture, reclamation, carbon storage and climate mitigation has spurred recent interest in the vast soil biodiversity that provide these ecosystem services. Yet the major barrier to exploring and understanding soil biodiversity is lack of comprehensive and functional taxonomic and ecological treatments of key biotic groups; groups such as the oribatid mites. Oribatid Mites is unparalleled in the comprehensive nature of the information provided. The authors, two leading global experts for this group, hope that readers will come to share their understanding of oribatid mites as part of the charismatic microfauna, the imagery in this book conveying their unique beauty.