Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Seniczak, Anna Beata"
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Diverse mite communities (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) from a broadleaf forest in western Norway
Seniczak, Anna Beata; Bolger, Thomas; Roth, Steffen; Seniczak, Stanislaw; Djursvoll, Per; Jordal, Bjarte Henry (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Broadleaf forests are rare in Norway and they are considered one of the most biodiverse terrestrial habitats in Fennoscandia. These forests are poorly studied in terms of their acarofauna. Mites of two groups, Oribatida ... -
Diversity and Distribution of Mites (Acari: Ixodida, Mesostigmata, Trombidiformes, Sarcoptiformes) in the Svalbard Archipelago
Seniczak, Anna Beata; Seniczak, Stanislaw; Schwarzfeld, Marla D.; Coulson, Stephen J.; Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Svalbard is a singular region to study biodiversity. Located at a high latitude and geographically isolated, the archipelago possesses widely varying environmental conditions and unique flora and fauna communities. It is ... -
Linked seasonality between a phoretic mite and its moth fly host (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata and Diptera: Psychodidae)
Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Kaczmarek, Slawomir; Marquardt, Tomasz; Seniczak, Anna Beata (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Phoresy is a widespread phenomenon in mites. It allows mesostigmatid mites that are associated with ephemeral habitats such as mammal dung to travel fast on larger animals that can detect a proper habitat from a greater ... -
Parthenogenetic vs. sexual reproduction in oribatid mite communities
Maraun, Mark; Caruso, Tancredi; Hense, Jonathan; Lehmitz, Ricarda; Mumladze, Levan; Murvanidze, Maka; Nae, Ioana; Schulz, Julia; Seniczak, Anna Beata; Scheu, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The dominance of sex in Metazoa is enigmatic. Sexual species allocate resources to the production of males, while potentially facing negative effects such as the loss of well‐adapted genotypes due to recombination, and ...