Body sizes in the Mesostigmata (Acari)
Supporting data for Seeman & Nahrung's manuscript "In short or long-term relationships, size does matter: body size patterns in the Mesostigmata (Acari: Parasitiformes)", published in "International Journal of Acarology".Data was used to test two hypotheses: "Are me...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:288375 2023-07-02T03:32:27+02:00 Body sizes in the Mesostigmata (Acari) Seeman, O (via Mendeley Data) 2018-07-26T01:21:16.294Z http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-7x-kbvh https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:288375 unknown 1 97b33styh4 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-7x-kbvh doi:10.17632/97b33styh4.1 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:288375 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Owen Seeman Interdisciplinary sciences 2018 ftdans https://doi.org/10.17632/97b33styh4.1 2023-06-13T13:53:17Z Supporting data for Seeman & Nahrung's manuscript "In short or long-term relationships, size does matter: body size patterns in the Mesostigmata (Acari: Parasitiformes)", published in "International Journal of Acarology".Data was used to test two hypotheses: "Are mesostigmatan mites in symbiotic relationships larger or smaller than those that are free-living?” and "“Are mites are larger in cold climates compared with warm climates?”.Methods, copied from manuscript:Body sizes for adult female Mesostigmata were taken from the published literature. Idiosomal length was preferred, but dorsal shield length was used if idiosomal length was unavailable and if the dorsal shield covered most of the idiosoma. Body length was sometimes estimated from illustrations if idiosomal measurements were not provided in the description. If mean length was provided then this was preferred; otherwise the midpoint of the range was used. Body size and symbiosesEach mite species was placed in a “host intimacy” category according to the type of symbiosis, i.e. free-living, parasitic (typically present on the host in all life stages), and commensal: a broad grouping of intermediate symbioses primarily comprising phoretic species, but also inquilines. Phoretic species that sometimes feed from their carrier, such as Macrocheles subbadius (Berlese) (see Polak 1996), were regarded as commensal. Also, species that are found in ephemeral habitats and belong to a group where phoresy was well-known were scored as being commensal. For example, macrochelid mites found in dung were presumed to be phoretic on dung-inhabiting insects; however, if recorded from soil or leaf litter, they were presumed to be free-living.Body size and climateLocality data was broadly grouped into tropical (0-23.5°), subtropical (23.5°-35°), temperate (35°-66.5°) and polar classes. As few mites were in the polar class, some cold temperate localities were included in this class to allow hypotheses to be tested; these localities were southern Greenland, Iceland, ... Other/Unknown Material Greenland Iceland Mite Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) Greenland |
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Supporting data for Seeman & Nahrung's manuscript "In short or long-term relationships, size does matter: body size patterns in the Mesostigmata (Acari: Parasitiformes)", published in "International Journal of Acarology".Data was used to test two hypotheses: "Are mesostigmatan mites in symbiotic relationships larger or smaller than those that are free-living?” and "“Are mites are larger in cold climates compared with warm climates?”.Methods, copied from manuscript:Body sizes for adult female Mesostigmata were taken from the published literature. Idiosomal length was preferred, but dorsal shield length was used if idiosomal length was unavailable and if the dorsal shield covered most of the idiosoma. Body length was sometimes estimated from illustrations if idiosomal measurements were not provided in the description. If mean length was provided then this was preferred; otherwise the midpoint of the range was used. Body size and symbiosesEach mite species was placed in a “host intimacy” category according to the type of symbiosis, i.e. free-living, parasitic (typically present on the host in all life stages), and commensal: a broad grouping of intermediate symbioses primarily comprising phoretic species, but also inquilines. Phoretic species that sometimes feed from their carrier, such as Macrocheles subbadius (Berlese) (see Polak 1996), were regarded as commensal. Also, species that are found in ephemeral habitats and belong to a group where phoresy was well-known were scored as being commensal. For example, macrochelid mites found in dung were presumed to be phoretic on dung-inhabiting insects; however, if recorded from soil or leaf litter, they were presumed to be free-living.Body size and climateLocality data was broadly grouped into tropical (0-23.5°), subtropical (23.5°-35°), temperate (35°-66.5°) and polar classes. As few mites were in the polar class, some cold temperate localities were included in this class to allow hypotheses to be tested; these localities were southern Greenland, Iceland, ... |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Owen Seeman |
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