Communities of Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Nest Boxes Inhabited by Dormice (Glis glis and Muscardinus avellanarius) and Differences in Percentages of Nidicoles in Nests of Various Hosts
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Data Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of Uropodina Communities in Nests of Species from Gliridae Family
3.2. Frequency and Abundance of Nidicoles Leiodinychus Orbicularis and Apionoseius Infirmus in Material from Nests of Different Hosts
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Study Site; GPS of Central Point of the Study Site | Habitat, Dominated Tree Species; Type of Nest Boxes | Dormice Species: Nest Box Content during Sampling |
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Opawskie Mts: Pokrzywna | Deciduous forest, beech; bird nest boxes (19) | Edible dormice: leaves of trees, gnawed beech and oak seeds, droppings |
GPS: 50.2780, 17.4514 | ||
Opawskie Mts: Dębowiec | Deciduous forest, beech; bird nest boxes (4) | Edible dormice: leaves of trees, gnawed oak seeds, droppings |
GPS: 50.2787, 17.5398 | ||
Stobrawski Landscape Park: Kup | Mixed forest, pine, and beech; dormice nest boxes (6) | Edible dormice: leaves of trees, gnawed beech seeds, droppings |
GPS: 50.8613, 17.9292 | ||
Stobrawski Landscape Park: Lubsza | Deciduous forest, beech, oak; dormice nest boxes (4) | Hazel dormice: nests |
GPS: 50.9328, 17.5658 | ||
Stobrawski Landscape Park: Kozuby | Deciduous forest, oak; dormice nest boxes (3) | Edible and hazel dormice: nests, gnawed oak and beech seeds, leaves of trees, droppings |
GPS: 50.9381, 17.8124 | ||
“Niemodlin Forest”: Goszczowice | Deciduous forest, beech, dormice nest boxes (2) | Edible dormice: leaves of trees, gnawed beech seeds, droppings |
GPS: 50.5784, 17.6084 |
Species | N | D% | F% | Average ± SD | Max. | F | M | D | P | L |
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Leiodinychus orbicularis (C.L. Koch) | 559 | 99.1 | 46.0 | 32.9 ± 69.1 | 285 | 184 | 153 | 165 | 57 | - |
Trachytes aegrota (C.L. Koch) | 2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
T. irenae Pecina | 1 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Neodiscopoma splendida (Kramer) | 1 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Nenteria sp. | 1 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Total | 564 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 29.7 ± 65.8 | 285 |
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | |
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Number of boxes or nests | 58 | 38 | 170 | 103 | 38 | 47 | 39 | 52 | 23 | 132 | 34 | 66 | 32 |
Number of Uropodina species | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 16 |
Number of specimens | 119 | 564 | 453 | 1525 | 2827 | 275 | 373 | 942 | 782 | 4718 | 925 | 595 | 413 |
L. orbicularis | |||||||||||||
Number of specimens | 118 | 559 | 443 | 1281 | 904 | 42 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dominance (%) | 99 | 99 | 98 | 84 | 32 | 15 | 13 | >1 | >1 | >1 | |||
Frequency (%) | 19 | 46 | 11 | 21 | 74 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | >1 | |||
Average number of specimens in a nest ± SD | 10 ± 14 | 32.9 ± 69.1 | 23 ± 52 | 58 ± 151 | 32 ± 91 | 14 ± 14 | 24 ± 16 | 0.1 ± 0.7 | 2 | 5 | |||
A. infirmus | |||||||||||||
Number of specimens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 26 | 0 | 270 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 289 | 0 | 4 |
Dominance (%) | 16 | >1 | 21 | 24 | >1 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
Frequency % | 10 | 26 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 32 | 9 | ||||||
Average number of specimens in a nest ± SD | 24 ± 28 | 2 ± 2 | 22 ± 141 | 22 ± 140 | 1 | 26 ± 53 | 1 |
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Błoszyk, J.; Hebda, G.; Kulczak, M.; Zacharyasiewicz, M.; Rutkowski, T.; Napierała, A. Communities of Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Nest Boxes Inhabited by Dormice (Glis glis and Muscardinus avellanarius) and Differences in Percentages of Nidicoles in Nests of Various Hosts. Animals 2023, 13, 3567. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13223567
Błoszyk J, Hebda G, Kulczak M, Zacharyasiewicz M, Rutkowski T, Napierała A. Communities of Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Nest Boxes Inhabited by Dormice (Glis glis and Muscardinus avellanarius) and Differences in Percentages of Nidicoles in Nests of Various Hosts. Animals. 2023; 13(22):3567. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13223567
Chicago/Turabian StyleBłoszyk, Jerzy, Grzegorz Hebda, Marta Kulczak, Michał Zacharyasiewicz, Tomasz Rutkowski, and Agnieszka Napierała. 2023. "Communities of Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Nest Boxes Inhabited by Dormice (Glis glis and Muscardinus avellanarius) and Differences in Percentages of Nidicoles in Nests of Various Hosts" Animals 13, no. 22: 3567. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13223567
APA StyleBłoszyk, J., Hebda, G., Kulczak, M., Zacharyasiewicz, M., Rutkowski, T., & Napierała, A. (2023). Communities of Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Nest Boxes Inhabited by Dormice (Glis glis and Muscardinus avellanarius) and Differences in Percentages of Nidicoles in Nests of Various Hosts. Animals, 13(22), 3567. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13223567