Soil biodiversity plays an important role in maintaining soil fertility and agricultural health.
Exploring the patterns of soil fauna diversity across geographical gradients is a fundamental …

Aims Understanding the underlying mechanisms of biodiversity elevation patterns is a
crucial issue in biogeography research. Of these mechanisms, soil fauna is closely related to …

Biological composition and structure vary strongly with elevation, however, the vertical
distribution of soil fauna and its drivers have been rarely investigated. Oribatid mites play an …

The Oribatida is the most abundant and diverse group of mites and one of the most
abundant groups of invertebrates in soil, which is important for the decomposition of organic …

Aim: This study was carried out to gain an understanding of the distribution and composition
of oribatid soil mites in karst areas in Shibing, Guizhou, Southwestern China. Methods: We …

Oribatida are actively involved in organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and soil
formation. However, the effect of their activities on the fruit yield of Chinese star anise …

Species diversity and density of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) was examined in northern
Vietnam in order to investigate how they relate to soil and habitat type, and whether they can …

Oribatid mites are one of the numerically dominant arthropod groups in soils. They play an
important role in soil food webs via regulating the decomposition of organic matter and …

Aims: Using an agricultural soil permanent plot, we wanted to reveal the spatial distribution
patterns of soil organisms and functional diversity, as these are important metrics for …

Composition, abundance, distribution, and diversity of oribatid mite communities were
investigated at five study areas in Eastern Mongolia. A total of 88 species of oribatid mites …