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Searching for general patterns in parasite ecology: host identity versus environmental influence on gamasid mite assemblages in small mammals
TLDR
Test whether the abundance and diversity of gamasid mites parasitic on small mammals across different regions of the Palaearctic are determined mainly by host identity or by parameters of the abiotic environment finds that mite abundances on different populations of the same host species were more similar to each other than expected by chance, and varied significantly among host species.
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On the applicability of Bergmann’s rule to ectotherms: The state of the art
  • M. Vinarski
  • Environmental Science
    Biology Bulletin Reviews
  • 23 May 2014
TLDR
It appears that a single universal explanation of all the cases of Bergmann’s variation in ectotherms cannot be formulated, and the observed clines arise as a result of synergetic interactions between several factors covarying with latitude (or altitude above sea level).
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INTRASPECIFIC MORPHOLOGICAL AND GENETIC VARIABILITY IN RADIX BALTHICA (LINNAEUS 1758) (GASTROPODA: BASOMMATOPHORA: LYMNAEIDAE) WITH MOPHOLOGICAL COMPARISON TO OTHER EUROPEAN RADIX SPECIES
TLDR
To find reliable distinguishing characters from other Radix-species, an integrative approach was sought and data from three different sources were acquired for analysis and it is shown that there is no distinct correlation to the geographic distribution pattern.
Similarity in ectoparasite faunas of Palaearctic rodents as a function of host phylogenetic, geographic or environmental distances: which matters the most?
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Co‐occurrence of ectoparasites on rodent hosts: null model analyses of data from three continents
TLDR
The pattern of species co-occurrences in ectoparasite communities on rodent hosts is predominantly positive, depends on life history of parasites and may be affected to a great extent by lifehistory of a host.
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Are there general rules governing parasite diversity? Small mammalian hosts and gamasid mite assemblages
TLDR
There appears to be no universal determinant of parasite diversity, and associations between host features and parasite diversity probably evolve independently in different host–parasite systems.
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Revision of ‘Horatia’ snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae sensu lato) from South Caucasus with description of two new genera
TLDR
Examination of newly obtained samples from the caves of South Caucasus has shown that the four species actually do not belong to the genus Horatia due to obvious differences in the morphology of the copulatory organs between H. klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (the type species of this genus) and the Caucasian snails.
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Alien mollusk species in the aquatic ecosystems of Western Siberia: A review
TLDR
It is hypothesize that, in the foreseeable future, the inflow of the alien mollusk species to the Western Siberian inland waters will remain low owing to some physical-geographical peculiarities of this area.
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Decay of similarity of gamasid mite assemblages parasitic on Palaearctic small mammals: geographic distance, host‐species composition or environment
TLDR
A decay in the similarity of gamasid mite assemblages parasitic on small mammals with increasing geographic, "environmental" and ‘host faunal’ distances is tested.
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Co-occurrence and phylogenetic distance in communities of mammalian ectoparasites: limiting similarity versus environmental filtering
TLDR
It is suggested that competition between closely related, and therefore presumably ecologically similar, species is not important in shaping community assembly, and if phylogenetic relationships determine trait similarity among fl ea species, then a process akin to environmental fi ltering, or host fiLtering, could favour the co-occurrence of related species on the same host.
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