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The colonization of dumps in the Berzdorf mining distict near Görlitz in Germany by epedaphic gamasina mites was investigated. One test plot was overgrown with Melilotus the other was without vegetation. Almost 99% of the specimens of both test plots belong to the species Pergamasus crassipes (Linné, 1758) and P. quisquiliarum (G. et R. Canestrini, 1882). The colonization of soil by these species encouraged the opinion that the colonization in the initial phase is probably predominantly abiotically determined.
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Christian, A. (2002). Colonization of primary sterile soils by epedaphic gamasina mites. In: Bernini, F., Nannelli, R., Nuzzaci, G., de Lillo, E. (eds) Acarid Phylogeny and Evolution: Adaptation in Mites and Ticks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0611-7_17
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