Search Results - "Heidemann, Kerstin"

Molecular detection of nematode predation and scavenging in oribatid mites: Laboratory and field experiments by Heidemann, Kerstin, Scheu, Stefan, Ruess, Liliane, Maraun, Mark

“…Recent stable isotope analyses indicate that a number of putative detritivorous soil microarthropods is not typical detritivores but rather live as predators…”
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Testing the effectiveness of different wash protocols to remove body surface contaminants in invertebrate food web studies by Jüds, Melissa, Heidemann, Kerstin, Eitzinger, Bernhard, Scheu, Stefan

“…Molecular gut content analysis via diagnostic PCR or high-throughput sequencing (metabarcoding) of consumers allows unravelling of feeding interactions in a…”
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The Impact of Root-Derived Resources on Forest Soil Invertebrates Depends on Body Size and Trophic Position by Bluhm, Sarah L., Eitzinger, Bernhard, Bluhm, Christian, Ferlian, Olga, Heidemann, Kerstin, Ciobanu, Marcel, Maraun, Mark, Scheu, Stefan

“…Forest soil food webs have been assumed to be fueled substantially by root-derived resources. However, until today the flux of root-derived resources into soil…”
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Free-living nematodes as prey for higher trophic levels of forest soil food webs by Heidemann, Kerstin, Hennies, Annika, Schakowske, Johanna, Blumenberg, Lars, Ruess, Liliane, Scheu, Stefan, Maraun, Mark

“…Nematodes are the most abundant invertebrates in soils and are key prey in soil food webs. Uncovering their contribution to predator nutrition is essential for…”
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Different groups of ground‐dwelling spiders share similar trophic niches in temperate forests by Zuev, Andrey, Heidemann, Kerstin, Leonov, Vladislav, Schaefer, Ina, Scheu, Stefan, Tanasevitch, Andrei, Tiunov, Alexei, Tsurikov, Sergey, Potapov, Anton

“…Generalistic interactions between predator and prey may vary with ecosystem type, predator traits, and prey traits, but the interplay of these factors has not…”
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Phylogenetic and trophic determinants of gut microbiota in soil oribatid mites by Gong, Xin, Chen, Ting-Wen, Zieger, Sarah L., Bluhm, Christian, Heidemann, Kerstin, Schaefer, Ina, Maraun, Mark, Liu, Manqiang, Scheu, Stefan

“…Gut microbiota are determined by both the food ingested and physiological conditions of the host. In soil food webs, detritivore animals occupy various trophic…”
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Nematode consumption by mite communities varies in different forest microhabitats as indicated by molecular gut content analysis by Heidemann, Kerstin, Ruess, Liliane, Scheu, Stefan, Maraun, Mark

“…Soil animals live in complex and heterogeneous habitats including litter of various types but also microhabitats such as mosses, fungal mats and grass patches…”
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