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Anisotropic community turn‐over at habitat edges informs on assembly drivers: simulation and empirical test on soil macrofauna

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.
Biodiversity dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes is the result of a complex interplay between movement processes of organisms within and between habitat patches, and niche filtering processes due to spatially varying environmental conditions. Disentangling the relative influences of these different processes on community assembly and dynamics is a ...
Gwenaelle Auger, Julien Pottier, Laurence Andanson, Pauline Bonnal, Sandrine Revaillot, Marilyn Roncoroni, Franck Jabot   +6 more
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Hydroxynitrile lyases from cyanogenic millipedes: molecular cloning, heterologous expression, and whole-cell biocatalysis for the production of (R)-mandelonitrile

Scientific Reports, 2018
Hydroxynitrile lyases (HNLs), which are key enzymes in cyanogenesis, catalyze the cleavage of cyanohydrins into carbonyl compounds and hydrogen cyanide.
Takuya Yamaguchi, Aem Nuylert, Atsutoshi Ina, Tsutomu Tanabe, Yasuhisa Asano   +4 more
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From species lists to interactions: Network structure, not richness, guides seed dispersal management in human‐modified islands

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 5, May 2026.
Our findings show that management strategies can create fundamentally different seed dispersal regimes, even under similar environmental conditions. Anthropogenic diversification reshapes network organisation into distinct structural configurations, rather than consistently enhancing overall cohesion.
Alba Costa, Manuel Nogales, Anna Traveset, Christopher N. Kaiser‐Bunbury, Anna Zora, Gregory Berke, Sandra Hervías‐Parejo   +6 more
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Importance of millipedes (Diplopoda) in the autumn-winter diet of Scolopax rusticola

The European Zoological Journal, 2019
Authors examined the autumn-winter diet of the woodcock Scolopax rusticola from 407 gizzard samples originating from Crimea and Italy, resulting in a high number of millipedes (Diplopoda) in all the samples; this prey item was particularly important in ...
A. Aradis, G. Lo Verde, B. Massa
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Into the Darkness: Unveiling Unexpected Records of the Nonnative Millipede Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910 (Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae) in Brazilian Caves

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study expands the known distribution of the nonnative millipede Prosopodesmus jacobsoni in Brazil and reports its presence in cave environments for the first time in the country. Based on recently collected material and historical records, the species is shown to maintain stable populations in subterranean systems in the states of ...
Juan Romero‐Rincon, Luiz F. M. Iniesta, Rodrigo S. Bouzan, Rodrigo L. Ferreira   +3 more
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Urbanization Shapes Dietary Composition and Snout Morphology of Salamanders

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 10, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Urbanization rapidly alters landscapes, generating habitat mosaics characterized by increased impervious surface, reduced soil moisture and diminished vegetation cover. These recurring urban environmental features are expected to reduce community diversity, favouring urban‐tolerant species, thereby promoting urban biotic homogenization ...
A. J. D. Marques, L. Alarcón‐Ríos, V. A. Mata, G. Velo‐Antón   +3 more
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Xylophagous millipede surface area to volume ratios are size dependent in forests [PDF]

Arthropods, 2019
A consistent effect of increasing precipitation (and resource abundance) on body size reductions is known as a water conservation hypothesis. Here a water conservation hypothesis was investigated in millipedes and a comparison made between high long-term
Mark Cooper
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Orthoporus fuscipes (PORAT, 1888) (Juliformia; Spirostreptidae): population structure and defensive secretion chemical analysis [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Diplopods are terrestrial arthropods important for the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems. One of the reasons for that can be their low predation rate due to their defensive secretion.
JULIA A. ROMÃO, ÊUDER R. DIAS, MATHEUS NOLASCO, LILIAN BOCCARDO, LUIZ MARCELO R. TOMÉ, ARISTÓTELES GÓES NETO, IVO JOSÉ C. VIEIRA, RAIMUNDO BRAZ-FILHO, ALEXSANDRO BRANCO   +8 more
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A revision of Praearcturus gigas: a giant scorpion from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of Britain

Palaeontology, Volume 69, Issue 3, 2026.
Abstract Praearcturus gigas Woodward is a large arthropod of disputed affinity from the fluvial St Maughans Formation (Lower Devonian, Lochkovian) of the Old Red Sandstone of England and Wales. Originally described as an isopod in the nineteenth century, and subsequently compared to various arthropod groups, it was re‐described with limited ...
Richard J. Howard, Russell J. Garwood, Gregory D. Edgecombe, David A. Legg   +3 more
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Individual variability shapes interaction rewiring and fosters ecosystem restoration by reintroduced giant tortoises in the Seychelles

Restoration Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 4, May 2026.
Abstract Introduction Giant tortoises are critical for restoring lost ecological interactions on islands. Following their extinction in Seychelles centuries ago, key ecosystem processes like seed dispersal, browsing, and nutrient cycling were disrupted.
Iago Ferreiro‐Arias, Sergio García‐Peña, Christopher Kaiser‐Bunbury, Pablo Vargas   +3 more
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