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Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on coniferous trees: is the occurrence of one species associated with the other?

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Although Eriophyoidea is one of the most important phytophagous mite taxa owing to its negative impact on plants, reports on associations between occurrences of eriophyoid species are scarce. The aim of this paper is to test the hypothesis that the occurrence of one species is correlated with the occurrence of another in some predictive manner. Analyses are carried out for two popular coniferous trees in Poland, i.e., Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). Observations were made in four locations in Poland, from three age groups of trees, namely adult trees (thirty 15-cm shoot samples from each of ten trees), young trees (ten 15-cm shoot samples from each of ten trees) and seedlings (100 whole-seedling samples). The associations were estimated by Yule’s V index. Among four eriophyoid species observed on Scots pine, and the same number of species on Norway spruce, in general no association pattern was observed. It means that their occurrence is independent. The most likely explanation for the absence of co-occurrence is the abundance of microhabitats on coniferous trees for eriophyoid mites, combined with the low mite density on these plant hosts.

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We wish to thank Professor Danuta Kropczyńska-Linkiewicz (WULS-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland) for her valuable suggestions on the manuscript, and Jan Bruin for his valuable comments on and edits of the manuscript. This study was partly supported financially by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, grant no. N309 003 32/0554.

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  1. Department of Experimental Design and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland

    Marcin Kozak

  2. Department of Applied Entomology, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland

    Mariusz Lewandowski

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Kozak, M., Lewandowski, M. Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on coniferous trees: is the occurrence of one species associated with the other?. Exp Appl Acarol 50, 115–122 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-009-9291-x

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