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Springtail phylogeography highlights biosecurity risks of repeated invasions and intraregional transfers among remote islands

Evolutionary Applications, 2020
Human‐mediated transport of species outside their natural range is a rapidly growing threat to biodiversity, particularly for island ecosystems that have evolved in isolation.
Helena P. Baird, Katherine L. Moon, Charlene Janion‐Scheepers, Steven L. Chown   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes Through Drone‐Based Environmental DNA Sampling

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
We developed a drone‐based environmental DNA (eDNA) swabbing method to assess hexapod diversity in agricultural fields under three management types (conventional, organic, and IP‐Suisse), detecting 75 taxa across 19 families. eDNA replicates showed consistent within‐field results, though no significant differences in diversity were found between ...
Camille Albouy, Louise Humbert, Kerstin Niedermeier, Marc Chautem, Fabian Fopp, Martina Luthi, Sarah Thurnheer, Virginie Marques, Steffen Kirchgeorg, Christian Geckeler, Ali Nasrallah, Stefano Mintchev, Loïc Pellissier   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

New record of Friesea afurcata Tullberg, 1869 (Collembola, Neanuridae) in Golestan national Park (Hyrcanian forests), Iran [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2018
The family Neanuridae belonging to order Poduromorpha, class Collembola includes terrestrial animals which play vital roles in decomposition and nutrient cycle in soil.
Susan Khanahamdi, Masoumeh Shayanmehr, Mohammad Ali Bahmanyar   +2 more
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A new species and first record of the genus Triacanthella Schäffer, 1897 (Collembola, Poduromorpha, Hypogastruridae) for Africa

ZooKeys, 2012
The first species of the genus Triacanthella to be recorded from Africa is described. Triacanthella madiba sp. n. belongs to the Southern Hemisphere group of the genus. It is morphologically closely related to T. vogeli Weiner & Najt, 1997 from Chile,
Charlene Janion, Cyrille D`Haese, Louis Deharveng   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond species diversity: Functional responses of cave arthropods to microclimatic stability and structural complexity

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 715-728, August 2026.
Species richness declined along cave microclimatic gradient, while diversity increased with habitat heterogeneity, highlighting distinct roles of abiotic conditions and structural complexity in shaping arthropod communities. Functional traits shifted along the microclimatic gradient, with larger‐bodied and more eye‐regressed arthropods dominating under
Raluca Ioana Bǎncilǎ, Augustin Nae, Ioana Nae, Eugen Nitzu, Andrei Giurginca, Ionuţ Popa, Stefan Cǎtǎlin Baba, Rodica Plǎiaşu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vertical distribution and driving mechanisms of soil microarthropods in a Stipa baicalensis meadow steppe under long-term nitrogen addition

Ecological Indicators
Soil microarthropods are sensitive to environmental changes and can respond quickly to external fluctuations in the environment. To investigate the response of soil microarthropod communities to long-term nitrogen addition in a Stipa baicalensis meadow ...
Zhendan Wu, Shangfei Ma, Junyan Lu, He Ye, Dianlin Yang, Mei Hong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geographic Variation in the Diet of Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Chicks Reflects Local Prey Communities

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To describe and compare the diets of an Arctic‐breeding shorebird, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus), across three geographically distinct breeding sites. We aimed to document the dietary patterns and identify key prey groups that characterise each population's foraging ecology.
Reinier Blok, Mikhail K. Zhemchuzhnikov, Tim Oortwijn, Jannik Hansen, James A. Johnson, Niels Martin Schmidt, Judith D. L. van Bleijswijk, Elena Zhemchuzhnikova, Thomas K. Lameris, Jeroen Reneerkens, Tom Versluijs, Zachary M. Pohlen, Jan A. van Gils   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

New species and new records of Tullbergiidae (Arthropoda, Hexapoda, Collembola, Poduromorpha) from Xizang, Southwest China, with genetic distance analysis within the family [PDF]

ZooKeys
The Tullbergiidae of Xizang, Southwest China, are studied based on specimens newly collected in 2024. Metaphorura alticola sp. nov., which was discovered in two localities at extremely high altitudes of 4000–5300 m in Shannan City, is described and ...
Yun Bu, Yan Gao
doaj   +3 more sources

Combined heat and drought affect the abundance, composition and diversity of subalpine surface‐active soil arthropod communities

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 98-112, February 2026.
We applied factorial soil warming and moisture reduction treatments directly in the field in the Australian subalpine to assess changes to surface‐active soil arthropod abundance, diversity and community composition. After identifying nearly 50,000 specimens to order, we found a stronger effect of sampling month than treatment.
Kate R. Farkas, Zachary A. Brown, James L. King, Adrienne B. Nicotra, Megan L. Head, Pieter A. Arnold   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Convergent evolution underground - two new troglomorphic collembolan species of the genus Schaefferia Absolon, 1900 (Collembola, Poduromorpha, Hypogastruridae) from Iran and Montenegro [PDF]

Subterranean Biology
Two new subterranean springtail species of the genus Schaefferia Absolon, 1900 are described: S. greensladeae sp. nov. from Danial Cave in the Alborz Mountains, Iran, and S. montenegrina sp. nov. from Babatuša Cave in Dinaric Karst, Montenegro.
Ľubomír Kováč, Marko Karaman, Mahmood Mehrafrooz Mayvan   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources