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#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#mites of the #Astigmata (#Acariformes) are soft-skinned. Their thin #cuticle is sensitive to #drought, which is why they avoid leaving their mostly #moist #fungus- and bacteria-rich #habitats. For the purpose of #dispersal, a modified instar, the #deutonymph, with stronger cuticle and other specific #adaptations #evolved, performing #phoresy, the transport most often via larger arthropods.
© #StefanFWirth, July 2026, Berlin

#Photo:
#Adult female of #Histiostoma sp. © Stefan F. Wirth

#Cities with extensive #waterways can exhibit higher levels of #urban #biodiversity; however, modified and slow-flowing #rivers and #canals can also release #methane and #carbon #dioxide, which support #globalwarming. Their importance as #flightcorridors for the urban #dispersal of #flying #animalspecies should not be overlooked. Pictured here: the #Spree River in #Berlin.

© #StefanFWirth, 10 June 2026

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#Photos:
© S.F. Wirth

#Cities with extensive #waterways can exhibit higher levels of #urban #biodiversity; however, modified and slow-flowing #rivers and #canals can also release #methane and #carbon #dioxide, which support #globalwarming. Their importance as #flightcorridors for the urban #dispersal of #flying #animalspecies should not be overlooked. Pictured here: the #Spree River in #Berlin.

© #StefanFWirth, 10 June 2026

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#Photos:
© S.F. Wirth

#Cities with extensive #waterways can exhibit higher levels of #urban #biodiversity; however, modified and slow-flowing #rivers and #canals can also release #methane and #carbon #dioxide, which support #globalwarming. Their importance as #flightcorridors for the urban #dispersal of #flying #animalspecies should not be overlooked. Pictured here: the #Spree River in #Berlin.

© #StefanFWirth, 10 June 2026

Please support me with a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

#Photos:
© S.F. Wirth

#Cities with extensive #waterways can exhibit higher levels of #urban #biodiversity; however, modified and slow-flowing #rivers and #canals can also release #methane and #carbon #dioxide, which support #globalwarming. Their importance as #flightcorridors for the urban #dispersal of #flying #animalspecies should not be overlooked. Pictured here: the #Spree River in #Berlin.

© #StefanFWirth, 10 June 2026

Please support me with a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

#Photos:
© S.F. Wirth

#Cities with extensive #waterways can exhibit higher levels of #urban #biodiversity; however, modified and slow-flowing #rivers and #canals can also release #methane and #carbon #dioxide, which support #globalwarming. Their importance as #flightcorridors for the urban #dispersal of #flying #animalspecies should not be overlooked. Pictured here: the #Spree River in #Berlin.

© #StefanFWirth, 10 June 2026

Please support me with a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth

#Photos:
© S.F. Wirth

Using high-density SNP genotyping to determine the origin of wild boar dispersers outside the geographic range margins in Norway

📊DATA on Dryad: bit.ly/4dVe6Px

📑ARTICLE in "Wildlife Biology": bit.ly/43i2Zdk

#morphology #wildlifebiology #opendata #openscience #openresearch #wildlife
#evolution #genotype
#dispersal

Using high-density SNP genotyping to determine the origin of wild boar dispersers outside the geographic range margins in Norway

📊DATA on Dryad: bit.ly/4dVe6Px

📑ARTICLE in "Wildlife Biology": bit.ly/43i2Zdk

#morphology #wildlifebiology #opendata #openscience #openresearch #wildlife
#evolution #genotype
#dispersal

Using high-density SNP genotyping to determine the origin of wild boar dispersers outside the geographic range margins in Norway

📊DATA on Dryad: bit.ly/4dVe6Px

📑ARTICLE in "Wildlife Biology": bit.ly/43i2Zdk

#morphology #wildlifebiology #opendata #openscience #openresearch #wildlife
#evolution #genotype
#dispersal

Using high-density SNP genotyping to determine the origin of wild boar dispersers outside the geographic range margins in Norway

📊DATA on Dryad: bit.ly/4dVe6Px

📑ARTICLE in "Wildlife Biology": bit.ly/43i2Zdk

#morphology #wildlifebiology #opendata #openscience #openresearch #wildlife
#evolution #genotype
#dispersal

'effusion'

#Sporulation #Effusion #LoveTrees #Botanica #AbstractArt #Surreal #NatureArt #Pollen #Dispersal #Bioluminescence #GoldenHour #MastoArt #FediArt #Krita

'effusion'

#Sporulation #Effusion #LoveTrees #Botanica #AbstractArt #Surreal #NatureArt #Pollen #Dispersal #Bioluminescence #GoldenHour #MastoArt #FediArt #Krita

'effusion'

#Sporulation #Effusion #LoveTrees #Botanica #AbstractArt #Surreal #NatureArt #Pollen #Dispersal #Bioluminescence #GoldenHour #MastoArt #FediArt #Krita

'effusion'

#Sporulation #Effusion #LoveTrees #Botanica #AbstractArt #Surreal #NatureArt #Pollen #Dispersal #Bioluminescence #GoldenHour #MastoArt #FediArt #Krita

Holoplanktonic #gastropods (#pteropods and #heteropods) are major components of modern Indo–West Pacific (IWP) #plankton yet their #fossil record in this region remains sparse. Expanding the spatial and temporal coverage of fossil data is essential for reconstructing #dispersal pathways of pelagic fauna within the IWP and understanding the origins of present-day #diversity https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046

Holoplanktonic #gastropods (#pteropods and #heteropods) are major components of modern Indo–West Pacific (IWP) #plankton yet their #fossil record in this region remains sparse. Expanding the spatial and temporal coverage of fossil data is essential for reconstructing #dispersal pathways of pelagic fauna within the IWP and understanding the origins of present-day #diversity https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046

Holoplanktonic #gastropods (#pteropods and #heteropods) are major components of modern Indo–West Pacific (IWP) #plankton yet their #fossil record in this region remains sparse. Expanding the spatial and temporal coverage of fossil data is essential for reconstructing #dispersal pathways of pelagic fauna within the IWP and understanding the origins of present-day #diversity https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046

Holoplanktonic #gastropods (#pteropods and #heteropods) are major components of modern Indo–West Pacific (IWP) #plankton yet their #fossil record in this region remains sparse. Expanding the spatial and temporal coverage of fossil data is essential for reconstructing #dispersal pathways of pelagic fauna within the IWP and understanding the origins of present-day #diversity https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046

New Research Links Honey Bee Swarms to the Spread of an Invasive Mite

Invasive Tropilaelaps mercedesae mites can hitch rides on swarming honey bees, survive, and reproduce in new colonies, a…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #AleksandarUzunov #apismellifera #beekeeping #CarolynBernhardt #dispersal #honeybees #invasivespecies #JournalofEconomicEntomology #MaggieGill #mites #swarms #Tropilaelapsmercedesae
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/538080/

New Research Links Honey Bee Swarms to the Spread of an Invasive Mite

Invasive Tropilaelaps mercedesae mites can hitch rides on swarming honey bees, survive, and reproduce in new colonies, a…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #AleksandarUzunov #apismellifera #beekeeping #CarolynBernhardt #dispersal #honeybees #invasivespecies #JournalofEconomicEntomology #MaggieGill #mites #swarms #Tropilaelapsmercedesae
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/538080/

#Dispersal, #adaptation and #persistence of #H5N1 in the sub-Antarctic and #Antarctica, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/dispersal-adaptation-and-persistence-of.html

#Dispersal, #adaptation and #persistence of #H5N1 in the sub-Antarctic and #Antarctica, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/dispersal-adaptation-and-persistence-of.html

#Dispersal, #adaptation and #persistence of #H5N1 in the sub-Antarctic and #Antarctica, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/dispersal-adaptation-and-persistence-of.html

#Dispersal, #adaptation and #persistence of #H5N1 in the sub-Antarctic and #Antarctica, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/dispersal-adaptation-and-persistence-of.html

#Dispersal, #adaptation and #persistence of #H5N1 in the sub-Antarctic and #Antarctica, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/03/dispersal-adaptation-and-persistence-of.html

New publication: Comparing #treeswallow #dispersal #strategies in a continuous #mainland environment.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70299

New publication: Comparing #treeswallow #dispersal #strategies in a continuous #mainland environment.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70299

New publication: Comparing #treeswallow #dispersal #strategies in a continuous #mainland environment.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70299

New publication: Comparing #treeswallow #dispersal #strategies in a continuous #mainland environment.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70299

#Mites of the #Histiostomatidae live in #darkness in their #ephemeral #microhabitats. The distinctive deutonymphs are the #dispersal stage, being transported by insects. #Adults, however, live freely and #communicate via complex #olfactorysignals. An important #glandularcomplex is located on the dorsal body side. I participated in a study about the #geranial-rich glandular #secretions (2012).

© #StefanFWirth 24 Dec. 2025

Ref

https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2012.662247

#SEM #pics

©S.F. Wirth, Histiostoma sp.

#Mites of the #Histiostomatidae live in #darkness in their #ephemeral #microhabitats. The distinctive deutonymphs are the #dispersal stage, being transported by insects. #Adults, however, live freely and #communicate via complex #olfactorysignals. An important #glandularcomplex is located on the dorsal body side. I participated in a study about the #geranial-rich glandular #secretions (2012).

© #StefanFWirth 24 Dec. 2025

Ref

https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2012.662247

#SEM #pics

©S.F. Wirth, Histiostoma sp.

#Mites of the #Histiostomatidae live in #darkness in their #ephemeral #microhabitats. The distinctive deutonymphs are the #dispersal stage, being transported by insects. #Adults, however, live freely and #communicate via complex #olfactorysignals. An important #glandularcomplex is located on the dorsal body side. I participated in a study about the #geranial-rich glandular #secretions (2012).

© #StefanFWirth 24 Dec. 2025

Ref

https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2012.662247

#SEM #pics

©S.F. Wirth, Histiostoma sp.

#Mites of the #Histiostomatidae live in #darkness in their #ephemeral #microhabitats. The distinctive deutonymphs are the #dispersal stage, being transported by insects. #Adults, however, live freely and #communicate via complex #olfactorysignals. An important #glandularcomplex is located on the dorsal body side. I participated in a study about the #geranial-rich glandular #secretions (2012).

© #StefanFWirth 24 Dec. 2025

Ref

https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2012.662247

#SEM #pics

©S.F. Wirth, Histiostoma sp.

#Mites of the #Histiostomatidae live in #darkness in their #ephemeral #microhabitats. The distinctive deutonymphs are the #dispersal stage, being transported by insects. #Adults, however, live freely and #communicate via complex #olfactorysignals. An important #glandularcomplex is located on the dorsal body side. I participated in a study about the #geranial-rich glandular #secretions (2012).

© #StefanFWirth 24 Dec. 2025

Ref

https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2012.662247

#SEM #pics

©S.F. Wirth, Histiostoma sp.

My #introduction keywords: #academic #modelling #evolution #cooperation #gameTheory #ecology #appliedMathematics

I'm a #postdoc specialising in evolutionary and ecological modelling, currently at #QUT and #GriffithUni in #Australia

Previous work: #evolutionOfCooperation, estimating undetected #extinctions, #qualitativemodelling, migratory #phenology, #foodweb #modelling, local #adaptation, #carryover effects, #dispersal.

My blog: https://nadiah.org/

My #introduction keywords: #academic #modelling #evolution #cooperation #gameTheory #ecology #appliedMathematics

I'm a #postdoc specialising in evolutionary and ecological modelling, currently at #QUT and #GriffithUni in #Australia

Previous work: #evolutionOfCooperation, estimating undetected #extinctions, #qualitativemodelling, migratory #phenology, #foodweb #modelling, local #adaptation, #carryover effects, #dispersal.

My blog: https://nadiah.org/

My #introduction keywords: #academic #modelling #evolution #cooperation #gameTheory #ecology #appliedMathematics

I'm a #postdoc specialising in evolutionary and ecological modelling, currently at #QUT and #GriffithUni in #Australia

Previous work: #evolutionOfCooperation, estimating undetected #extinctions, #qualitativemodelling, migratory #phenology, #foodweb #modelling, local #adaptation, #carryover effects, #dispersal.

My blog: https://nadiah.org/

My #introduction keywords: #academic #modelling #evolution #cooperation #gameTheory #ecology #appliedMathematics

I'm a #postdoc specialising in evolutionary and ecological modelling, currently at #QUT and #GriffithUni in #Australia

Previous work: #evolutionOfCooperation, estimating undetected #extinctions, #qualitativemodelling, migratory #phenology, #foodweb #modelling, local #adaptation, #carryover effects, #dispersal.

My blog: https://nadiah.org/

My #introduction keywords: #academic #modelling #evolution #cooperation #gameTheory #ecology #appliedMathematics

I'm a #postdoc specialising in evolutionary and ecological modelling, currently at #QUT and #GriffithsUni in #Australia

Previous work: #evolutionOfCooperation, estimating undetected #extinctions, #qualitativemodelling, migratory #phenology, #foodweb #modelling, local #adaptation, #carryover effects, #dispersal.

My blog: https://nadiah.org/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/115729303412817454

This is an interesting article (linked below) about #biodiversity and #populationdynamics of #microscopic #seafloorfauna elements, and their presumed modes of #dispersal and ability to adapt to far away #ecologically different conditions. It focuses on the nematode genus #Halalaimus.
I want to point out that even terrestrial nematodes are masters of interesting #dispersalstrategies, evolved based on their small sizes and limited distance #mobility.

This text by #StefanFWirth, Berlin, 2025

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/115729303412817454

This is an interesting article (linked below) about #biodiversity and #populationdynamics of #microscopic #seafloorfauna elements, and their presumed modes of #dispersal and ability to adapt to far away #ecologically different conditions. It focuses on the nematode genus #Halalaimus.
I want to point out that even terrestrial nematodes are masters of interesting #dispersalstrategies, evolved based on their small sizes and limited distance #mobility.

This text by #StefanFWirth, Berlin, 2025

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/115729303412817454

This is an interesting article (linked below) about #biodiversity and #populationdynamics of #microscopic #seafloorfauna elements, and their presumed modes of #dispersal and ability to adapt to far away #ecologically different conditions. It focuses on the nematode genus #Halalaimus.
I want to point out that even terrestrial nematodes are masters of interesting #dispersalstrategies, evolved based on their small sizes and limited distance #mobility.

This text by #StefanFWirth, Berlin, 2025

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/115729303412817454

This is an interesting article (linked below) about #biodiversity and #populationdynamics of #microscopic #seafloorfauna elements, and their presumed modes of #dispersal and ability to adapt to far away #ecologically different conditions. It focuses on the nematode genus #Halalaimus.
I want to point out that even terrestrial nematodes are masters of interesting #dispersalstrategies, evolved based on their small sizes and limited distance #mobility.

This text by #StefanFWirth, Berlin, 2025

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/115729303412817454

This is an interesting article (linked below) about #biodiversity and #populationdynamics of #microscopic #seafloorfauna elements, and their presumed modes of #dispersal and ability to adapt to far away #ecologically different conditions. It focuses on the nematode genus #Halalaimus.
I want to point out that even terrestrial nematodes are masters of interesting #dispersalstrategies, evolved based on their small sizes and limited distance #mobility.

This text by #StefanFWirth, Berlin, 2025

Through the #DNA analysis of old #air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, researchers at @[email protected] in Sweden can show that #spore #dispersal of northern mosses has shifted over the past 35 years. It now starts several weeks earlier. #moss #bryophyte #climate #openaccess

Old air samples hint at effect...

Through the #DNA analysis of old #air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, researchers at @[email protected] in Sweden can show that #spore #dispersal of northern mosses has shifted over the past 35 years. It now starts several weeks earlier. #moss #bryophyte #climate #openaccess

Old air samples hint at effect...

Work by our @[email protected] is now out!!! @[email protected] Effects of the #dispersal ability in the #diversification dynamics of Emberizoidea (Aves: Passeriformes) url: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

The effects of the dispersal a...

#Ascospores are the result of the sexual reproduction of #Ascomycota #fungi, being single celled or #septate. There are different ways of #dispersal. One option is obligatory or accidental transport via animals, such as #mites. The photos show mating mites of #Histiostoma sp. seemingly covered with 4 chambered ascospores. J. Karakehian et al. (2021) studied "Methods for observing, culturing, and studying living ascospores".

© #StefanFWirth 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.5943/ajom/4/2/1

#SEM
©S.F.Wirth

#Ascospores are the result of the sexual reproduction of #Ascomycota #fungi, being single celled or #septate. There are different ways of #dispersal. One option is obligatory or accidental transport via animals, such as #mites. The photos show mating mites of #Histiostoma sp. seemingly covered with 4 chambered ascospores. J. Karakehian et al. (2021) studied "Methods for observing, culturing, and studying living ascospores".

© #StefanFWirth 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.5943/ajom/4/2/1

#SEM
©S.F.Wirth

#Ascospores are the result of the sexual reproduction of #Ascomycota #fungi, being single celled or #septate. There are different ways of #dispersal. One option is obligatory or accidental transport via animals, such as #mites. The photos show mating mites of #Histiostoma sp. seemingly covered with 4 chambered ascospores. J. Karakehian et al. (2021) studied "Methods for observing, culturing, and studying living ascospores".

© #StefanFWirth 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.5943/ajom/4/2/1

#SEM
©S.F.Wirth

#Ascospores are the result of the sexual reproduction of #Ascomycota #fungi, being single celled or #septate. There are different ways of #dispersal. One option is obligatory or accidental transport via animals, such as #mites. The photos show mating mites of #Histiostoma sp. seemingly covered with 4 chambered ascospores. J. Karakehian et al. (2021) studied "Methods for observing, culturing, and studying living ascospores".

© #StefanFWirth 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.5943/ajom/4/2/1

#SEM
©S.F.Wirth

#Ascospores are the result of the sexual reproduction of #Ascomycota #fungi, being single celled or #septate. There are different ways of #dispersal. One option is obligatory or accidental transport via animals, such as #mites. The photos show mating mites of #Histiostoma sp. seemingly covered with 4 chambered ascospores. J. Karakehian et al. (2021) studied "Methods for observing, culturing, and studying living ascospores".

© #StefanFWirth 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.5943/ajom/4/2/1

#SEM
©S.F.Wirth

https://www.europesays.com/uk/562593/ Bat colony causes Gympie council to consider property buyback scheme #bats #BuyBackScheme #CommissionersGully #Dispersal #Environment #FlyingFox #Gympie #habitat #residents #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife

Bat colony causes Gympie council to consider property buyback scheme

A growing flying fox population in a residential area has a regional council considering a property buyback scheme…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #Bats #buybackscheme #commissionersgully #dispersal #Environment #FlyingFox #Gympie #habitat #residents #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/276429/

Saying He’s Fed Up with Racing, McIngvale Gets Out of the Sport; Runhappy Sold to South Korea https://www.byteseu.com/1397477/ #Breeders'Cup #ClaiborneFarm #dispersal #GIBreeders'CupSprint #JimMcIngvale #KeenelandSeptember #PrinceOfPower #retirement #Runhappy #sire #SouthKorea #SuperSaver

The #treeofheaven #Ailanthus #altissima is a #tree originally native to Asia. It arrived in #Europe as ornamental plant in the #18thcentury and increasingly #naturalized due to its high #adaptability to difficult #ecologicalconditions and its efficient #dispersal. #Globalwarming is further facilitating its current spread. J. Soler & J. Izquierdo (2024) highlight the modern situation of this #invasivespecies.

© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13070931

#Photos
© S.F. Wirth