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Roy A. Norton is affiliated with SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the United States. Their research primarily falls within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Parasitology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

Norton's work centers on the study of mite species, spanning various ecological and biological aspects. The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Study of Mite Species
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fossil Insects in Amber

The scientist has published extensively in journals such as Zootaxa, Acarologia, and Systematic and Applied Acarology, with multiple publications also appearing in Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) and Oecologia. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Acarologia
  • Systematic and Applied Acarology
  • Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • Oecologia

Selected recent papers by Roy A. Norton include:

  • "Catalogue of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)-the next decade (2014-2023)", 2024, Zootaxa
  • "Two unusual new species of Caleremaeus (Acari: Oribatida) from eastern North America, with redescription of C. retractus and reevaluation of the genus", 2020, Acarologia

Other relevant papers where Norton is connected through co-authors or related research include:

  • "A new use for synchrotron X-ray microtomography: three-dimensional biomechanical modeling of chelicerate mouthparts and calculation of theoretical bite forces", 2024, Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • "Modelling selection, drift, dispersal and their interactions in the community assembly of Amazonian soil mites", 2021, Oecologia
  • "How land-use intensity affects sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites in temperate forests and grasslands in Germany", 2021, Experimental and Applied Acarology

Throughout their career, Norton has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Sergey G. Ermilov
  • Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima Pequeno
  • Michael Heethoff
  • Elizabeth Franklin
  • Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

Best Publications

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • Trophic niche differentiation in soil microarthropods (Oribatida, Acari): evidence from stable isotope ratios (15N/14N)

    Katja Schneider;Sonja Migge;Roy A. Norton;Stefan Scheu

  • Phylogenetic perspectives on genetic systems and reproductive modes of mites

    R. A. Norton

  • Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes)

    Roy A. Norton

  • CATALOGUE OF THE ORIBATIDA (ACARI) OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND CANADA

    Valin G. Marshall;R. Marcel Reevrs;Roy A. Norton

  • Early Land Animals in North America: Evidence from Devonian Age Arthropods from Gilboa, New York

    William A. Shear;Patricia M. Bonamo;James D. Grierson;W. D. Ian Rolfe

  • Oribatid mites as a major dietary source for alkaloids in poison frogs.

    Ralph A. Saporito;Maureen A. Donnelly;Roy A. Norton;H. Martin Garraffo

  • The distribution, mechanisms and evolutionary significance of parthenogenesis in oribatid mites

    R. A. Norton;S. C. Palmer

  • Oribatid mites and the decomposition of plant tissues in Paleozoic coal-swamp forests

    Conrad C. Labandeira;Tom L. Phillips;Roy A. Norton

  • Stable isotopes revisited: Their use and limits for oribatid mite trophic ecology

    M. Maraun;G. Erdmann;B.M. Fischer;M.M. Pollierer

  • Catalogue and historical overview of juvenile instars of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)

    Roy A. Norton;Sergey G. Ermilov

  • Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Heinrich Schatz;Valerie M. Behan-Palletier;Barry M. Oconnor;Roy A. Norton

  • Reevolution of sexuality breaks Dollo's law

    Katja Domes;Roy A. Norton;Mark Maraun;Stefan Scheu

  • High genetic divergences indicate ancient separation of parthenogenetic lineages of the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer (Acari, Oribatida).

    M. Heethoff;K. Domes;M. Laumann;M. Maraun

  • Arthropod colonization of land – Linking molecules and fossils in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida)

    Ina Schaefer;Ina Schaefer;Roy A. Norton;Stefan Scheu;Mark Maraun

  • Observations on phoresy by oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatei).

    Roy A. Norton

  • Cytogenetics of Holokinetic Chromosomes and Inverted Meiosis: Keys to the Evolutionary Success of Mites, with Generalizations on Eukaryotes

    Dana L. Wrensch;John B. Kethley;Roy A. Norton

  • Molecular phylogeny of oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari): evidence for multiple radiations of parthenogenetic lineages.

    Mark Maraun;Michael Heethoff;Katja Schneider;Stefan Scheu

  • Where are the decomposers? Uncovering the soil food web of a tropical montane rain forest in southern Ecuador using stable isotopes (15N)

    Jens Illig;Reinhard Langel;Roy A. Norton;Stefan Scheu

  • Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress

    R. B. Halliday;D. E. Walter;H. C. Proctor;R. A. Norton

  • Trophic niche differentiation in soil microarthropods (Oribatida, Acari): evidence from stable isotope ratios ( 15 N/ 14 N)

    Katja Schneider;Sonja Migge;Roy A. Norton;Stefan Scheu

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Scheu
Stefan Scheu University of Göttingen
Mark Maraun
Mark Maraun University of Göttingen
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
David Evans Walter
David Evans Walter University of the Sunshine Coast
Gilberto J. de Moraes
Gilberto J. de Moraes Universidade de São Paulo
William A. Shear
William A. Shear American Museum of Natural History
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Hans Klompen
Hans Klompen The Ohio State University
D. Christopher Rogers
D. Christopher Rogers Northeastern State University
Adriano B. Kury
Adriano B. Kury Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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