The relationship between population means and variances of reproductive success differs between local populations of white stork (Ciconia ciconia)

We studied the size and productivity of white stork (Ciconia ciconia) populations in eight study sites in Poland. The number of nesting pairs and the average number of chicks fledged per pair fluctuated over time, and the studied populations differed in the variance of both breeding success and number of breeding pairs. The variance of breeding success (both for the mean number of chicks and the proportion of successful nests) and the variance of the number of breeding pairs was not correlated with the extent of stable habitats (pastures, meadows, wetlands), other habitats (farmland), or with local population trends over time. We found a non-linear symmetrical relationship between annual mean reproductive success and its variance but only when considered as the proportion of successful nests (i.e., when individual nests are coded as a binary value: 0, no success; 1, success). No such relationship existed when success was expressed as the number of fledged chicks. Although a positive significant correlation occurred between fledgling numbers (discrete data) and the proportion of successful nests (binary data), we believe that the use of only binary data will be inadequate in more detailed analyses, such as population viability analysis.     

Prevalence of agglutinating antibodies against<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Listeria monocytogenes</Emphasis> in chicks of the white stork (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Ciconia ciconia</Emphasis> Linnaeus, 1758) in Poland

In 2002 and 2003, blood samples from white stork (Ciconia ciconia) chicks were examined for the presence of antibodies against Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria antibodies were detected in 121 (59%) of 205 chick samples. The probability of Listeria antibodies being present increased with chick age; chicks detected with Listeria antibodies were in better condition than those without the bacterium.     

吉林省长岭草原不同生境土壤中气门螨类调查（蜱螨亚纲）

在长岭草原共采到中气门螨9科15属20种。优势种为胸前下盾螨Hypoaspis praesternalis Willmann,1949,螨数和分布生境数最多,常见种有10种,稀有种为9种。在调查的20个生境中,羊草杂类草生境螨数和螨种数最多,碱茅生境没有采到螨,其余18个生境都采到不同数量的螨。     

Long-term satellite tracking of white stork ( Ciconia ciconia) migration: constancy versus variability

During satellite-tracking investigations of 140 white storks (Ciconia ciconia), one individual, the long-term world record holder among birds, was followed along 12 migratory journeys over a period of 10 years. This long-term study confirms what previous several-year tracking studies of white storks had indicated: there can be great variability from year to year in the choice of winter quarters as well as in the routes and times of migration, intermediate destinations and stop-over periods, but constancy of winter quarters and migration routes is also possible. The variability may well be caused by external factors, of which food supply is probably predominant.Communicated by F. Bairlein     

Breeding dispersal directions in the white stork (Ciconia ciconia) are affected by spring migration routes

We examined breeding dispersal directions in the white stork (Ciconia ciconia), a migratory bird breeding in large parts of Europe. We asked whether and how the direction of the major spring/autumn migration route (from south-east to north-west and vice versa) affects breeding dispersal directions. Breeding dispersal directions were clearly nonrandomly distributed and were influenced by the major spring migration direction, leading to a bias toward south-eastward and north-westward breeding dispersal.     

簇毛巨螯螨雄螨描述（蜱螨亚纲：中气门目：巨螯螨科）

描述簇毛巨螯螨Maerocheles penicilliger（Berlese,1904）雄螨。     

Rickettsial Agents from Parasitic Dermanyssoidea (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Mites are often overlooked as vectors of pathogens, but have been shown to harbor and transmit rickettsial agents such as Rickettsia akari and Orientia tsutsugamushi. We screened DNA extracts from 27 mites representing 25 species of dermanyssoids for rickettsial agents such as Anaplasma, Bartonella, Rickettsia, and Wolbachia by PCR amplification and sequencing. DNA from Anaplasma spp., a novel Bartonella sp., Spiroplasma sp., Wolbachia sp., and an unclassified Rickettsiales were detected in mites. These could represent mite-borne bacterial agents, bacterial DNA from blood meals, or novel endosymbionts of mites.     

短毛下盾螨雌螨与后若螨描述（蜱螨亚纲：中气门目：厉螨科）

描述短毛下盾螨Hypoaspis brevipilis Hirschmann,1969雌螨与后若螨。     

The camerobiid mites (Acari, Camerobiidae) of Turkey

Three new species of Neophyllobius viz. N. demirsoyi, N. yunusi, N. bolvadinensis and male, protonymph and larvae of N. lachishensis Bolland, 1998 from Turkey are described and illustrated. Neophyllobius lachishensis is reported from Turkey for the first time.     

新革螨属2新种记述（蜱螨亚纲：中气门目：寄螨科）

记述新革螨属2新种：双锯新革螨Neogamasus biserrendogynii sp．nov．和双瓣新革螨Neogamasus bivalvendogynii sp．nov．。     

尾足螨股中国五新记录种

Five new record species of the cohort Uropodina from China are described and figured:Polyaspinus higginsi Camin,Trichouropoda calcarata Hirschmann et Nicol Z.,Trichouropoda bipilis (Vitzthum),Nenteria stylifera (Berlese) and Nenteria breviunguiculata (Willmann).     

阿氏角绥螨雄螨和幼螨描述(蜱螨亚纲:中气门目:角绥螨科)

描述阿氏角绥螨(Antennoseius a lexandrovi Bregetova,1977)雄螨和幼螨。     

毛真革赛螨雄螨和若螨描述(蜱螨亚纲:中气门目:胭螨科)

描述毛真革赛螨Gamasellus vibrissatus Emberson,1967雄螨、后若螨和前若螨。     

鹿角新革螨在中国大陆的发现(蜱螨亚纲:中气门目:寄螨科)

报道寄螨科1种螨在中国大陆的发现:鹿角新革螨Neogamasus cervicornis(Van Daele,1975)。     

毛绥螨属3新种记述（蜱螨亚纲：中气门目：裂胸螨科）

记述毛绥螨属3新种：矩殖毛绥螨Lasioseius orthocegenitalis sp. nov.,林氏毛绥螨Lasioseius linjianzheni sp. nov.和张氏毛绥螨Lasioseius zhangyanxuanae sp. nov.。     

Fine structure of the spermatozoon in the mite Parasitus niveus (Mesostigmata,Acari)

The spermatozoa of the mite, Parasitus niveus, are rod-shaped cells possessing a very elongated and zig-zag shaped nucleus. The cytoplasm is filled by so-called “striated bodies” and mitochondria. The plasmalemma forms five complicated structures, called stiff bands. In the peripheral cytoplasm lie flattened canaliculi and flattened cisternae. The morphology of the spermatozoa is compared with that of other mite spermatozoa described in the literature.     

广厉螨属1新种和江西伪寄螨补充描述（蜱螨亚纲：中气门目：厉螨科）

描述广厉螨属1新种：宽腹广厉螨Cosmolaelaps robustoventralis sp．nov．,并对江西伪寄螨Pseudoparasitus jiangxiensis Ma,2007进行补充描述。