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A specialized feeding habit of early permian oribatid mites

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dc.contributor.author Feng Z.
dc.contributor.author Schneider J.
dc.contributor.author Labandeira C.
dc.contributor.author Kretzschmar R.
dc.contributor.author Röler R.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-18T20:32:53Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-18T20:32:53Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.issn 0031-0182
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/141023
dc.description.abstract © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) are very diverse and important detritivorous and fungivorous micro-arthropods in modern forest ecosystems. Although the fossil record of oribatid mites can be traced to the Early Devonian, the paleoecology of oribatid mites during the deep geological past remains poorly understood. Remarkably good preservation of tunnel networks in a permineralized conifer wood specimen is described from the Early Permian of Germany. This fossil provides evidence for four aspects of oribatid mite feeding habits. First, there is preferred consumption of the more indurated tissues from growth-ring cycles. Second, tracheids were targeted for consumption. Third, feeding on tissues resulted in fecal pellet accumulations at the bottoms of tunnels. And fourth, the absence of feeding on ambient decomposing fungi such as necroses and rots, but rather the processing of pristine plant tissues, indicate the presence of a self-contained, microorganismic gut biota. These rather specialized feeding habits allowed oribatid mites a prominent role in the decomposition of digestively refractory plant tissues in Early Permian ecosystems.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
dc.subject Borings
dc.subject Coprolite
dc.subject Early Permian
dc.subject Fossil wood
dc.subject Germany
dc.subject Paleoecology
dc.title A specialized feeding habit of early permian oribatid mites
dc.type Article
dc.relation.ispartofseries-volume 417
dc.collection Публикации сотрудников КФУ
dc.relation.startpage 121
dc.source.id SCOPUS00310182-2015-417-SID84910000520


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