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Effects of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) on leaf litter decomposition processes

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2015
The leaf litter decomposition is carried out by the combined action of microorganisms and decomposer invertebrates such as earthworms, diplopods and isopods. The present work aimed to evaluate the impact of terrestrial isopod on leaf litter decomposition
Khaleid F. Abd El-Wakeil
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Lignocellulose degradation in isopods: new insights into the adaptation to terrestrial life

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Isopods constitute a particular group of crustaceans that has successfully colonized all environments including marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats.
Marius Bredon, Benjamin Herran, Baptiste Lheraud, Joanne Bertaux, Pierre Grève, Bouziane Moumen, Didier Bouchon   +6 more
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Isopod distribution and climate change [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2018
The unique properties of terrestrial isopods regarding responses to limiting factors such as drought and temperature have led to interesting distributional patterns along climatic and other environmental gradients at both species and community level. This paper will focus on the exploration of isopod distributions in evaluating climate change effects ...
Sfenthourakis, Spyros, Hornung, Elisabeth, Sfenthourakis, Spyros, Hornung, Elisabeth   +3 more
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Size dependence of offspring production in isopods: a synthesis [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2018
In isopods, parental care takes the form of offspring brooding in marsupial pouches. Marsupial brooding was an important step towards the origin of terrestrial lifestyles among isopods, but its potential role in shaping isopod life histories remains ...
Andrzej Antoł, Marcin Czarnoleski
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Four decades of multidisciplinary studies on isopods: a tribute to Pavel Ličar

Acta Biologica Slovenica, 2016
In this paper we review the research on aquatic and terrestrial isopods during the last four decades at the Chair of Zoology, Department of Biology, Biotech- nical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.
Urban Bogataj, Damjana Drobne, Anita Jemec, Rok Kostanjšek, Polona Mrak, Sara Novak, Simona Prevorčnik, Boris Sket, Peter Trontelj, Magda Tušek Žnidarič, Miloš Vittori, Primož Zidar, Nada Žnidaršič, Jasna Štrus   +13 more
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Contemporary parallel diversification, antipredator adaptations and phenotypic integration in an aquatic isopod. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
It is increasingly being recognized that predation can be a strong diversifying agent promoting ecological divergence. Adaptations against different predatory regimes can emerge over short periods of time and include many different traits.
Fabrice Eroukhmanoff, Erik I Svensson
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The terrestrial isopod fauna of Cheharmahal-va-Bakhtiyari Province [PDF]

علوم محیطی, 2020
Introduction: Terrestrial isopods constitute the largest suborder in the order Isopoda and, as one of the main groups of soil decomposers, have an important role in acceleration of plant material recycling. Due to the shortage of studies on this taxon in
Ghasem Mohammadi Kashani, Ahdiyeh Abedini   +1 more
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Wolbachia in Neotropical terrestrial isopods [PDF]

FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2015
Despite Wolbachia being widespread among terrestrial isopods, studies on this symbiotic relationship are still incipient in the Neotropical region. The aims of the present study were to investigate the presence and prevalence of Wolbachia in natural populations of terrestrial isopod species in South America, and to analyze the diversity and ...
Bianca L, Zimmermann, Didier, Bouchon, Maurício P, Almerão, Paula B, Araujo   +3 more
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Tropical terrestrial model ecosystems for evaluation of soil fauna and leaf litter quality effects on litter consumption, soil microbial biomass and plant growth Efeitos de fauna de solo e qualidade de liteira sobre o consumo, biomassa microbiana e crescimento de plantas em modelo de ecossistemas terrestres tropicais

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2009
The aim of this work was to evaluate whether terrestrial model ecosystems (TMEs) are a useful tool for the study of the effects of litter quality, soil invertebrates and mineral fertilizer on litter decomposition and plant growth under controlled ...
Bernhard Förster, Marcos Garcia, Hubert Höfer, Edward Morgan, Jörg Römbke   +4 more
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA FRY; A SOURCE OF ISOPOD INFESTATION PROBLEM IN EGYPT WITH REFERENCE TO THE EFFECT OF SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE ON THE SURVIVAL OF LIVONECA REDMANII (ISOPODA: CYMOTHOIDAE) JUVENILE STAGES. [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2019
Parasitic isopods have received considerable attention as they cause series impacts on their hosts either alone or with other environmental stresses such as water pollution. The present study investigated the infestation status with isopods among the fry
ELSHAIMAA ISMAEL, EMAN ISMAIL, MANAL ZAKI, MAI ABUOWARDA, MAGDY FAHMY, NISREEN MAHMOUD   +5 more
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