TY  - JOUR
A1  - Turaliyeva, M.
A1  - Yeshibaev, A.
A1  - Saparbekova, A.
A1  - Akynova, L.
A1  - Abildayeva, R.
A1  - Sadenova, M.
A1  - Sartayeva, K.
A1  - Schieffer, Andre
A1  - Digel, Ilya
T1  - Species composition and injuriousness of stranger xylophilous fauna affecting indigenous urban dendroflora of Central Asia
JF  - Asian journal of microbiology, biotechnology & environmental sciences : AJMBES
N2  - At the present time, one of the most serious environmental problems of Central Asia and South Kazakhstan is the ongoing large-scale deterioration of principal urban tree populations. Several major centers of massive spread of invasive plant pests have been found in urban dendroflora of this region. The degree of damage of seven most wide-spread aboriginal tree species was found to range from 21.4±1.1 to 85.4±1.8%. In particular, the integrity of the native communities of sycamore (Platanus spp.), willow (Salix spp.), poplar (Populus spp.) and elm (Ulmus spp.) is highly endangered. Our taxonomic analysis of the most dangerous tree pests of the region has revealed them as neobiontic xylophilous insects such as Cossus cossus L. (Order: Lepidoptera L.) Monochamus urussovi Fisch., Monochamus sutor L., Acanthocinus aedelis L. and Ñetonia aureate L. (Order: Coleoptera L.). We relate the origin of this threatening trend with the import of industrial wood in the mid 90’s of the last century that was associated with high degree of the constructional work in the region. Because of the absence of efficient natural predators of the pest species, the application of microbiological methods of the pest control and limitation is suggested.
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 0972-3005
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
SP  - 359
EP  - 366
PB  - EM International
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nomdedeu, Mar Monsonis
A1  - Willen, Christine
A1  - Schieffer, Andre
A1  - Arndt, Hartmut
T1  - Temperature-dependent ranges of coexistence in a model of a two-prey-one-predator microbial food web
JF  - Marine Biology
N2  - The objective of our study was to analyze the effects of temperature on the population dynamics of a three-species food web consisting of two prey bacteria (Pedobacter sp. and Acinetobacter johnsonii) and a protozoan predator (Tetrahymena pyriformis) as model organisms. We assessed the effects of temperature on the growth rates of all three species with the objective of developing a model with four differential equations based on the experimental data. The following hypotheses were tested at a theoretical level: Firstly, temperature changes can affect the dynamic behavior of a system by temperature-dependent parameters and interactions and secondly, food web response to temperature cannot be derived from the single species temperature response. The main outcome of the study is that temperature changes affect the parameter range where coexistence is possible within all three species. This has significant consequences on our ideas regarding the evaluation of effects of global warming.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-1966-x
SN  - 1432-1793
VL  - 159
IS  - 11
SP  - 2423
EP  - 2430
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  -