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- Publications
- Influence
Phylogenetic perspectives on genetic systems and reproductive modes of mites.
- R. Norton, J. Kethley, D. E. Johnston, B. M. Oconnor, D. L. Wrensch, M. Ebbert
- Biology
- 1993
Evolutionary Aspects of Oribatid Mite Life Histories and Consequences for the Origin of the Astigmata
- R. Norton
- Biology
- 1994
With densities of several hundred thousand individuals per square meter, oribatid mites are often the most diverse and numerically dominant arthropods in organic layers of temperate forest soils,… Expand
Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes)
- R. Norton
- Biology
- Experimental & Applied Acarology
- 1 October 1998
A century ago, Antonio Berlese first discussed the close phylogenetic relationship between the large mite groups Oribatida and Astigmata. Since then, information having phylogenetic value has greatly… Expand
CATALOGUE OF THE ORIBATIDA (ACARI) OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND CANADA
- V. G. Marshall, R. M. Reevrs, R. Norton
- Geography
- 1987
Résumé
Trophic niche differentiation in soil microarthropods (Oribatida, Acari): evidence from stable isotope ratios (15N/14N)
- K. Schneider, S. Migge, +4 authors M. Maraun
- Biology
- 1 November 2004
Abstract The large number of animals that coexist in soil without any clear niche differentiation has puzzled biologists for a long time. We investigated stable isotope ratios (15N/14N) in a diverse… Expand
Oribatid mites as a major dietary source for alkaloids in poison frogs
- R. Saporito, M. Donnelly, R. Norton, H. M. Garraffo, T. Spande, J. Daly
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 22 May 2007
Alkaloids in the skin glands of poison frogs serve as a chemical defense against predation, and almost all of these alkaloids appear to be sequestered from dietary arthropods. Certain… Expand
Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida).
- R. Norton, S. Ermilov
- Biology, Medicine
- Zootaxa
- 8 July 2014
Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) comprise a taxonomically and morphologically diverse suborder of about 10,000 described species, not including the hyporder Astigmata, with collectively a global… Expand
High genetic divergences indicate ancient separation of parthenogenetic lineages of the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer (Acari, Oribatida)
- M. Heethoff, K. Domes, M. Laumann, M. Maraun, R. Norton, S. Scheu
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of evolutionary biology
- 1 January 2007
Theories on the evolution and maintenance of sex are challenged by the existence of ancient parthenogenetic lineages such as bdelloid rotifers and darwinulid ostracods. It has been proposed that… Expand
Opisthonotal gland chemistry of early-derivative oribatid mites (Acari) and its relevance to systematic relationships of Astigmata
Abstract Mites of the suborder Astigmata produce a variety of chemicals – monoterpenes, aromatics and straight-chain hydrocarbons - in a pair of exocrine opisthonotal glands. The more common… Expand
The distribution, mechanisms and evolutionary significance of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites
Highly derived oribatid mites (Brachypylina) seem to fit most predictions of evolutionary theory regarding the ecological, geographical and taxonomic distribution of parthenogenesis. Earlier… Expand