Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing

F Pompanon, BE Deagle, WOC Symondson… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of food webs and their dynamics facilitates understanding of the mechanistic
processes behind community ecology and ecosystem functions. Having accurate techniques …

Signs of sex: what we know and how we know it

AM Schurko, M Neiman, JM Logsdon - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2009 - cell.com
The predominance of sexual reproduction indicates that it must confer profound benefits,
considering its significant costs relative to asexuality. However, definitively determining …

Imaging applications of synchrotron X‐ray phase‐contrast microtomography in biological morphology and biomaterials science. I. General aspects of the technique …

O Betz, U Wegst, D Weide, M Heethoff… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron‐generated X‐rays provide scientists with a multitude of investigative techniques
well suited for the analysis of the composition and structure of all types of materials and …

Opening a can of worms: unprecedented sympatric cryptic diversity within British lumbricid earthworms

RA King, AL Tibble, WOC Symondson - Molecular ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Earthworms play a major role in many aspects of soil fertility, food web ecology and
ecosystem functioning, and hence are frequently the subjects of, for example, ecological and …

[BOOK][B] Clonality: the genetics, ecology, and evolution of sexual abstinence in vertebrate animals

J Avise - 2008 - books.google.com
Approximately 99.9% of vertebrate species reproduce sexually. The exceptional 0.1%
reproduce via asexual or clonal means, which vary wildly and are fascinating in their own …

Extreme levels of hidden diversity in microscopic animals (Rotifera) revealed by DNA taxonomy

D Fontaneto, M Kaya, EA Herniou… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2009 - Elsevier
Knowledge and estimates of species richness at all scales are biased both by our
understanding of the evolutionary processes sha** diversity and by the methods used to …

[BOOK][B] Oribatid Mites: Biodiversity, Taxonomy and Ecology

V Behan-Pelletier, Z Lindo - 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

DNA barcodes expose unexpected diversity in Canadian mites

MR Young, HC Proctor, JR Dewaard… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Mites (Arachnida: Acariformes, Parasitiformes) are the most abundant and species‐
rich group of arthropods in soil, but are also diverse in freshwater habitats, on plants, and as …

Cryptic speciation in the Acari: a function of species lifestyles or our ability to separate species?

A Skoracka, S Magalhaes, BG Rector… - … and Applied Acarology, 2015 - Springer
There are approximately 55,000 described Acari species, accounting for almost half of all
known Arachnida species, but total estimated Acari diversity is reckoned to be far greater …

Reevolution of sexuality breaks Dollo's law

K Domes, RA Norton, M Maraun… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
The dominance of sexual reproduction is still an unresolved enigma in evolutionary biology.
Strong advantages of sex have to exist, because only a few parthenogenetic taxa persist …