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| Title |
Carcases and mites
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Experimental and Applied Acarology, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10493-009-9287-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Henk R. Braig, M. Alejandra Perotti |
| Abstract |
Mites are involved in the decomposition of animal carcases and human corpses at every stage. From initial decay at the fresh stage until dry decomposition at the skeletal stage, a huge diversity of Acari, including members of the Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, Astigmata, Endeostigmata, Oribatida and Ixodida, are an integral part of the constantly changing food webs on, in and beneath the carrion. During the desiccation stage in wave 6 of Mégnin's system, mites can become the dominant fauna on the decomposing body. Under conditions unfavourable for the colonisation of insects, such as concealment, low temperature or mummification, mites might become the most important or even the only arthropods on a dead body. Some mite species will be represented by a few specimens, whereas others might build up in numbers to several million individuals. Astigmata are most prominent in numbers and Mesostigmata in diversity. More than 100 mite species and over 60 mite families were collected from animal carcases, and around 75 species and over 20 families from human corpses. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 108 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 15% |
| Researcher | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 14% |
| Professor | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 16% |
| Unknown | 22 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 55 | 47% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 26 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 March 2023.
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#7,866,480
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#170
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#38,718
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#3
of 8 outputs
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