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Vegetation type mediates how urbanization reshapes the structure, function, and spatial variation of soil food webs

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 956-968, April 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Urbanization represents one of the major anthropogenic alterations of the Earth's surface, with significant impacts on biodiversity and its functions. Soil animals are essential components of biodiversity, and their trophic interactions play integral roles in the ...
Haifeng Yao, Zhipeng Li, Saichao Zhang, Shasha Hu, Huayuan Shangguan, Xin Sun, Anton M. Potapov   +6 more
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The mitochondrial genome of Sinentomon erythranum (Arthropoda: Hexapoda: Protura): an example of highly divergent evolution

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Background The phylogenetic position of the Protura, traditionally considered the most basal hexapod group, is disputed because it has many unique morphological characters compared with other hexapods.
Yin Wen-Ying, Dallai Romano, Li Sheng, Carapelli Antonio, Bu Yun, Chen Wan-Jun, Luan Yun-Xia   +6 more
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FIRST TWO RECORDS OF PROTURA (INSECTA) FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH SYNOPSES OF BOTH SPECIES [PDF]

, 1978
FIRST TWO RECORDS OF PROTURA (INSECTA) FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH SYNOPSES OF BOTH SPECIESFIRST TWO RECORDS OF PROTURA (INSECTA) FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH SYNOPSES OF BOTH ...
Nosek, Josef
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Rebuilding Urban Soil Health: Roles of Bioswales and Organic Amendments in Enhancing Soil Resilience

Applied and Environmental Soil Science, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Rapid urban expansion has reshaped soil systems across cities, often in ways that undermine their ability to function effectively. Urban soils are commonly affected by compaction, surface sealing, nutrient imbalance, heavy metal accumulation and altered organic matter dynamics, which together limit water regulation, plant growth and belowground ...
Mohit Shokta, Prabukumar Gnanasekaran, Kannan Pandian, Senthivelu Muniyandi, V. Babu Rajendra Prasad, Kalyani Sen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Short Generalist and Specific Markers to Assess the Diversity of Arthropods Using eDNA Metabarcoding

Environmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 6, November–December 2025.
By analyzing > 1200 eDNA samples with different markers amplifying arthropods, we show that generalist and specific markers produce correlated pictures of community variation; still specific markers provide a more accurate measure of biodiversity and of its response to environmental stressors.
Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Alexis Carteron, Silvio Marta, Aurelie Bonin, Isabel Cantera, Pierre Taberlet, Alessia Guerrieri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of Acerentulus Berlese, 1908 (Protura, Acerentomata, Acerentomidae) from Bulgaria with a revised key to the confinis group [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2019
A new species, Acerentulus bulgaricus sp. nov., belonging to the confinis group, is described from Bulgaria. This species is characterized by long foretarsal sensilla a and b, the posterior position of foretarsal seta δ4, the presence of seta P1a on ...
Julia Shrubovych, Dilian G. Georgiev, Cristina Fiera   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 1877-1949, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Biological diversity in mountain ecosystems has been increasingly studied over the last decade. This is also the case for mountain soils, but no study to date has provided an overall synthesis of the current state of knowledge. Here we fill this gap with a first global analysis of published research on cryptogams, microorganisms, and fauna in ...
Nadine Praeg, Michael Steinwandter, Davnah Urbach, Mark A. Snethlage, Rodrigo P. Alves, Martha E. Apple, Peter Bilovitz, Andrea J. Britton, Estelle P. Bruni, Ting‐Wen Chen, Kenneth Dumack, Fernando Fernandez‐Mendoza, Michele Freppaz, Beat Frey, Nathalie Fromin, Stefan Geisen, Martin Grube, Elia Guariento, Antoine Guisan, Qiao‐Qiao Ji, Juan J. Jiménez, Stefanie Maier, Lucie A. Malard, Maria A. Minor, Cowan C. Mc Lean, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Thomas Peham, Roberto Pizzolotto, Andy F. S. Taylor, Philippe Vernon, Johan J. van Tol, Donghui Wu, Yunga Wu, Zhijing Xie, Bettina Weber, Paul Illmer, Julia Seeber   +36 more
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A synopsis of the ecology of Protura (Arthropoda: Hexapoda)

, 2019
This publication reviews the literature on the ecology of Protura. Current knowledge is scarce, fragmentary and scattered among papers which do not all strictly deal with ecology or soil arthropods communities.
ZINNI M., TORTI C., MOLYNEUX T., CAPURRO M., GALLI L., COLASANTO E., MURRAY A.   +6 more
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The geographic distribution of Protura (Arthropoda: Hexapoda): a review [PDF]

, 2020
Protura is a poorly known class of Hexapoda represented by more than 800 species belonging to 77 genera worldwide. They are tiny soil organisms with low dispersal ability, mainly attributable to water and human-mediated transfer.
Galli, Loris, Rellini, Ivano, Rellini I., Galli L.   +3 more
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