Distribution of the Quill Mite Parasitising Western Palaearctic Owls Belonging to the Genus .

The paper presents the results of studies on the distribution of the parasitic quill mite species (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) in the feather quills of the Western Palaearctic owls of the genus , that is, tawny owl , collected in Poland and Sweden, the Ural owl , from Poland, Sweden, and Finland, and the great grey owl , from Sweden and Finland. The two latter species are new hosts for . Feather samples of the tawny owl, Ural owl, and great grey owl used in this study come from Prof.

Cub Survival in a Wild Leopard () Population.

We investigated the survival of cubs in a wild Indian leopard () population in the Jhalana Reserve Forest (JRF), India. The research focuses on analyzing the survival of leopard cubs during their first two years of life. Survival functions were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method based on data collected with trail cameras over four years from 2018 to 2021.

Diversity and Interactions between Picobiine Mites and Starlings.

The subfamily Picobiinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) comprises obligate and permanent parasites of birds found exclusively in the quills of contour feathers. We studied associations of picobiine mites with birds of the family Sturnidae (Aves: Passeriformes) across the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Oceanian zoogeographical regions. Among the 414 examined bird individuals belonging to 44 species (35.

No man's land support the endemic Red Sea ghost crab (Ocypode saratan) in the Gulf of Eilat.

Tourism pressure on the Red Sea ecosystem have posed significant threats to numerous endemic species, including the Ghost Crab Ocypode saratan, which is exclusively found along a small stretch of beach in the Eilat/Aqaba Red Sea Gulf. Due to the limited understanding of their ecology, we investigated how tourism impacts the behavior of this species. Employing a natural setup, we compared burrow dimensions, pyramid structures, and density across three distinct beach sections subjected to varying levels of human interference.

Enigmatic host-mite relationships: Unraveling the distribution of quill mites on Birds-of-Paradise.

Mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea) are permanent and obligatory parasites of birds. This study presents an analysis of mite material collected from 22 avian species belonging to the family Paradisaeidae (Passeriformes), revealing the presence of four mite species belonging to four genera: Syringophiloidus attenboroughi n. sp.