2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2013.03.003
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Structure and interactions in a cave guano–soil continuum community

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“…For instance, a large colony of Brazilian free-tailed bats redistributes 22 kg of nitrogen per year in the form of guano [9]. Also, bat guano provides the primary organic input in caves, supporting a great diversity of organisms belonging to different trophic levels [10][11][12][13][14][15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, a large colony of Brazilian free-tailed bats redistributes 22 kg of nitrogen per year in the form of guano [9]. Also, bat guano provides the primary organic input in caves, supporting a great diversity of organisms belonging to different trophic levels [10][11][12][13][14][15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, few cases of Histiostomatidae using orthopterans as disperser hosts are recorded: a single association with crickets (Gryllidae: Gryllus bimaculatus) in Saudi Arabia (Negm and Alatawi, 2011) and other with sandgropers (Cylindrachetidae: Cylindraustralia kochii and C. tindalei) in Australia (Houston, 2007). On the other hand, despite that occurrences of Histiostomatidae in the cave environment are common (Bernardi et al, 2009;Cokendolpher and Polyak, 1996;Palacios-Vargas et al, 2011;Welbourn, 1999), mainly associated to bat guano (Ferreira et al, 2000;Pellegrini and Ferreira, 2013), cases of phoresis involving this group have not been recorded. Therefore, the present work reports the first occurrence of histiostomaid mites at hypopus stage associated to genus Endecous in a Brazilian cave, a commonly crickets found in subterranean cavities from South America (Cigliano et al, 2017).…”
Section: Palavras-chavementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Histiostomatidae mites are frequently observed in Brazilian caves, which are mainly found in guano piles and decomposing organic matter (Bernardi et al, 2009;Ferreira and Martins, 2009;Pellegrini and Ferreira, 2013). Such organic resources are commonly used by Endecous in their diet.…”
Section: Palavras-chavementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Bat communities, producing large guano deposits, are richer and more abundant in larger caves (Brunet and Medellin 2001). Large deposits, in turn, provide food and microhabitats for a greater number of invertebrate species (Pellegrini and Ferreira 2013). It is noteworthy that the productivity in cave environments is an important predictor of increased richness in invertebrate communities (Culver et al 2006).…”
Section: Cave Invertebrate Community Structurementioning
confidence: 99%