Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 10, Page 2084-2098, October 2024.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract From soil to freshwater ecosystems, decomposition can be conceived as the result of interactions between organic matter and a diversity of organisms. This function is driven in part by detritivores, invertebrates that feed on detritus or graze on its associated microbes
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Plant Silicon Defences Suppress Herbivore Performance, but Mode of Feeding Is Key
Ecology Letters, Volume 27, Issue 10, October 2024.The performance of herbivores is influenced by the nutritional and defensive traits of plants, with biogenic silicon being a common anti‐herbivore defence, especially in grasses. Our meta‐analyses of 150 studies revealed that higher silicon levels in plants led to a 33% decline in overall herbivore performance, with chewing herbivores being more ...
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Morphology and evolution of Malacostraca [PDF]
, 2014 In this dissertation project comparative morphological studies on the nervous system, mandible structure and sensory equipment of Decapoda and Peracarida are presented and interpreted with regard to the evolution of the taxa.
Geiselbrecht, Hannes
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A previously unknown feeding mode in millipedes and the convergence of fluid feeding across arthropods. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2022 Moritz L +4 more
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A modern type of ant-like stone beetle larva preserved in 99-million-year-old Kachin amber [PDF]
, 2022 Scydmaeninae, the group of ant-like stone beetles, was previously named “Scydmaenidae”, but is today recognized as an ingroup of Staphylinidae. The group has a more or less global distribution and includes 4,900 formally described species.
HAUG, Carolin +3 more
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Different feeding strategies in scavenging amphipods and their implications for colonisation success in times of retreating glaciers. [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Scavenger guilds, composed of a variety of species, co-existing in the same habitat, are responsible for biomass transformation throughout the food web. Niche partitioning among them can manifest in different feeding strategies, e.g.
Abele, Doris +6 more
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Mesozoic larva in amber reveals the venom delivery system and the palaeobiology of an ancient lineage of venomous insects (Neuroptera) [PDF]
The larvae of Neuroptera are predators that feed by injecting bioactive compounds into their prey and then suctioning the fluids through modified mouthparts.
Badano, Davide +5 more
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The evolution of head structures in acercaria (insecta) [PDF]
, 2015 Die Acercaria sind eine morphologisch und biologisch sehr diverse hemimetabole Insektengruppe mit ca. 113.000 beschrieben Arten. Die Nahrung bzw. die Ernährungsweisen spielten offenbar eine entscheidende Rolle in der Evolution der Acercaria, weshalb die ...
Spangenberg, Rico
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Feeding design in free-living mesostigmatid chelicerae (Acari: Anactinotrichida). [PDF]
Exp Appl Acarol, 2021 Bowman CE.
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Aquatic stem group myriapods close a gap between molecular divergence dates and the terrestrial fossil record. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2020 Edgecombe GD +5 more
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