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Micro Gondwana: soil and litter mesofauna in the subalpine and alpine of North‐West Nelson, southern New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 52, Issue 5, Page 944-966, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Alpine ecosystems are vulnerable to the warming climate, yet alpine soil mesofauna remains the less studied part of NZ biodiversity. Here we present a survey of soil mesofauna communities of three mountain peaks in the Nelson‐Tasman and Marlborough regions of the South Island of New Zealand.
Maria A. Minor, Alastair W. Robertson
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Gene Flow Disruption and Population Declines in a Soil Arthropod in Fragmented Habitats

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 23, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The intensification of land use over past millennia has accelerated habitat loss and fragmentation. This is hypothesized to lead to reductions in population sizes and restrictions in gene flow, processes that amplify genetic drift with profound negative impacts on species and populations.
Tammy Ai Tian Ho, Jeppe Bayer Pedersen, Anne Aagaard, Mads F. Schou, Jesper Bechsgaard, Derek Corcoran, Tove Hedegaard Jørgensen, Signe Normand, Trine Bilde   +8 more
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Integrative Reassessment of Drepanosira gisini Nosek, 1964 (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha) Based on Morphology and Mitochondrial Genomes, with Comments on the Phylogeny of the Entomobryinae

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Drepanosira Bonet is a small genus of Entomobryidae mostly found in Asiatic high-elevation habitats. Drepanosira gisini Nosek was described from a mountainous region of Tajikistan, but its identity is currently delimited by generic features, especially ...
Nerivania Nunes Godeiro, Bruno Cavalcante Bellini   +1 more
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StrataSeq: A Workflow for Rapid Development of Molecular Databases for Hard‐To‐Identify Species

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
Biodiversity loss calls for better monitoring of small, species‐rich taxa, such as soil invertebrates, but traditional methods are limited due to complex morphology and lack of expertise. DNA‐based approaches offer a solution, but their effectiveness depends on incomplete molecular reference databases.
Anna K. Merges, Peter Manning, Dennis Baulechner, Katharina John, Andrey Zaitsev, Volkmar Wolters, Damian Baranski, Hans‐Peter Grossart, Jason Woodhouse, Clément Schneider, Miklós Bálint   +10 more
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Taxonomic and Functional Structure of Benthic and Terrestrial Invertebrates During Wet and Dry Phases of an Intermittent River Within Central Italy

River Research and Applications, Volume 41, Issue 8, Page 1737-1748, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Temporary rivers and streams are characterized by flow cessation and support high biodiversity of both aquatic and terrestrial species. In this study, we analyzed biological and ecological traits of benthic invertebrates to assess the ecological resilience and resistance of an intermittent river in Central Italy.
Carmela Di Santo, Giulia Cesarini, Stefano Larsen, Massimiliano Scalici   +3 more
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Using Flower eDNA Metabarcoding to Identify the Effects of Forest Structure and Microclimate on Flower‐Visiting Arthropods

Environmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 5, September–October 2025.
Flower eDNA reveals diverse and highly specific arthropod communities in a forest. Using sentinel plants across a gradient of forest density and tree species composition, we show that forest structure features (particularly those related to light availability) drive flower‐visiting arthropod richness.
Joan Díaz‐Calafat, Donnie Lee Peterson, Pieter De Frenne, Adam Felton, Erik Öckinger, Sara A. O. Cousins, Fabian Roger, Michelle Cleary, Per‐Ola Hedwall   +8 more
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Using fecal DNA metabarcoding to investigate the animal diet of black rails, yellow rails, and soras

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue 3, September 2025.
We used fecal DNA metabarcoding to investigate the diet of yellow rails, Eastern black rails, and sora during the non‐breeding season. Arthropods, particularly ants, were prevalent in their diets, suggesting possible interactions with invasive red imported fire ants.
Christopher J. Butler, Tabitha W. Olsen, Susan B. McRae, Meriam N. Saleh, Matthew Parks   +4 more
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Soil arthropods associated with sweetpotato crop (Ipomoea batata L.) in La Molina, Lima, Peru

Peruvian Journal of Agronomy, 2020
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batata L.) is an economically important crop grown in Peru. The present study aimed to determine the soil arthropods associated with sweetpotato and its relative abundance in sweetpotato production fields in La Molina, Lima, Peru ...
C. Livia-Tacza, G. Sánchez
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Introduction of some Entomobryidae species (Collembola) from different Caspian regions

تاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک, 2013
The family Entomobryidae is a group of Collembola which is also called "slender springtails". They are considered as a group of springtails characterized as having an enlarged fourth abdominal segment and a well-developed furcula.
Elliyeh Yahyapoor, Masoumeh Shayanmehr
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Soil fauna trophic multifunctionality mediates the release of elements from decomposing typhoon‐generated leaf litter

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 813-823, March 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Tropical cyclones (i.e. hurricanes, typhoons) cause large pulse fluxes of leaves that have not undergone senescence (i.e. green litter) to forest soils, with consequences for biogeochemical cycling.
Lifeng Wang, Craig R. See, Huibin Wang, Rui Cao, Guopeng Liang, Ajuan Zhang, Zhuang Wang, Qin Wang, Zhihui Wang, Benjuan Liu, Wanqin Yang   +10 more
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