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Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
30
Citations
5191
World Ranking
8311
National Ranking
517

Overview

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier is affiliated with Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's body of work engages mainly with the study of mite species and the taxonomy and ecology of invertebrates. Specific areas of study include:

  • Study of Mite Species
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Systematic and Applied Acarology
  • Acarologia
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Notable recent papers by Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier include:

  • Two unusual new species of Caleremaeus (Acari: Oribatida) from eastern North America, with redescription of C. retractus and reevaluation of the genus, 2020, Acarologia
  • Taxonomy and ecology of the Arctic oribatid mite Svalbardia lucens comb. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetidae): resolving a long-standing confusion, 2022, Systematic and Applied Acarology
  • Professor Emeritus Roy A. Norton and his outstanding contributions to our knowledge of systematics, evolution, morphology, ecology and behaviour of Oribatida and other mites, 2022, Systematic and Applied Acarology
  • Araguazetes luisi gen. nov., sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Haplozetidae) from Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela, 2024, Zootaxa
  • Hogsbackia africaensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetoidea, Punctoribatidae), from Afromontane forest of South Africa, 2021, Zootaxa

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including Sergey G. Ermilov, О. Л. Макарова, Elizabeth A. Hugo-Coetzee, René W. Barendregt, and J.V. Matthews Jr.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soil

    Lijbert Brussaard;Val M. Behan-Pelletier;David E. Bignell;Valerie K. Brown

  • 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

  • Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent

    Diana H. Wall;Mark A. Bradford;Mark G. St. John;John A. Trofymow

  • Oribatid mite biodiversity in agroecosystems: role for bioindication

    Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

  • Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

    D.H. Wall;R.D. Bardgett;V. Behan-Pelletier;J.E. Herrick

  • Global soil biodiversity atlas

    A. Orgiazzi;R.D. Bardgett;E. Barrios;V. Behan-Pelletier

  • A methodological framework to embrace soil biodiversity

    Stefan Geisen;Maria J.I. Briones;Huijie Gan;Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

  • Soil ecology and ecosystem services.

    D. H. Wall;R. D. Bardgett;V. Behan-Pelletier;J. E. Herrick

  • Acari and Collembola biodiversity in Canadian agricultural soils

    V. M. Behan-Pelletier

  • The influence of soil biodiversity on hydrological pathways and the transfer of materials between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

    Richard D. Bardgett;J. M. Anderson;V. Behan-Pelletier;L. Brussaard

  • Global diversity of oribatids (Oribatida: Acari: Arachnida)

    Heinrich Schatz;Valerie Behan-Pelletier

  • Changes in abundance and diversity of microarthropods associated with Fescue Prairie grazing regimes

    M.Jill Clapperton;Derrick A. Kanashiro;Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

  • Calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate as cuticular hardening agents in oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)

    Roy A. Norton;Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

  • Mites in forest canopies: filling the size distribution shortfall?

    David Evans Walter;Valerie Behan-Pelletier

  • Biodiversity of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in tree canopies and litter.

    V. Behan-Pelletier;D. E. Walter

  • DOES PLANT SPECIES CO-OCCURRENCE INFLUENCE SOIL MITE DIVERSITY?

    Mark G. St. John;Diana H. Wall;Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

  • An experimental assessment of biodiversity and species turnover in terrestrial vs canopy leaf litter

    Laura L. Fagan;Raphael K. Didham;Neville N. Winchester;Valerie Behan-Pelletier

  • Vehicle tracks on high arctic tundra: their effects on the soil, vegetation, and soil arthropods

    P. G. Kevan;B. C. Forbes;S. M. Kevan;V. Behan-Pelletier

  • Arboreal oribatid mite diversity: Colonizing the canopy

    Valerie Behan-Pelletier;Neville Winchester

  • Ceratozetidae of the western North American Arctic.

    Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier

  • Revealing the Hyperdiverse Mite Fauna of Subarctic Canada through DNA Barcoding

    Monica R. Young;Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier;Paul D. N. Hebert

  • Mite (Acari) colonization of vegetated mine tailings near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

    Mark G. St. John;Giuseppe Bagatto;Valerie Behan-Pelletier;Evert E. Lindquist

  • Oribatid mites in soil toxicity testing-the use of Oppia nitens (C.L. Koch) as a new test species.

    Juliska I. Princz;Juliska I. Princz;Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier;Richard P. Scroggins;Steven D. Siciliano

  • The bog climax hypothesis: fossil arthropod and stratigraphic evidence in peat sections from southeast Alaska, USA

    Lee F. Klinger;Scott A. Elias;Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier;Nancy E. Williams

  • ORIBATIDA OF CANADIAN PEATLANDS

    V.M. Behan-Pelletier;B. Bissett

Frequent Co-Authors

Diana H. Wall
Diana H. Wall Colorado State University
David Evans Walter
David Evans Walter University of the Sunshine Coast
Roy A. Norton
Roy A. Norton SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Richard D. Bardgett
Richard D. Bardgett Lancaster University
Zoë Lindo
Zoë Lindo University of Western Ontario
David E. Bignell
David E. Bignell Queen Mary University of London
W.H. van der Putten
W.H. van der Putten Wageningen University & Research
Lijbert Brussaard
Lijbert Brussaard Wageningen University & Research
George G. Brown
George G. Brown Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Eldor A. Paul
Eldor A. Paul Colorado State University

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