Mite Domatia and Associated Mite Density in a North American Eastern Deciduous Forest in Michigan.

For the species for which mite and domatia numbers were sufficiently variable to model, the number of domatia significantly positively predicted mite abundance in four cases ( Acer pensylvanicum , Acer rubrum , Betula papyrifera and Viburnum acerifolium ), whereas four species had only marginally significant positive relationships ( Acer saccharum , Fagus grandifolia , Tilia americana , and Vitis riparia ) , and four had no significant relationship ( Cornus rugosa, Fraxinus americana, Ostrya virginiana , and Quercus rubra ) . 4 Discussion Documenting the distribution of ecologically important traits within communities is a critical foundation for studies of the causes and consequences of ecological variation.

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