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Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

Biological Reviews, Volume 97, Issue 3, Page 1057-1117, June 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground biodiversity and, ultimately, human nutrition. Soil ecologists often operate with functional groups to infer the effects of individual taxa on ecosystem functions and services ...
Anton M. Potapov, Frédéric Beaulieu, Klaus Birkhofer, Sarah L. Bluhm, Maxim I. Degtyarev, Miloslav Devetter, Anton A. Goncharov, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Bernhard Klarner, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Dana F. Liebke, Mark Maraun, Rory J. Mc Donnell, Melanie M. Pollierer, Ina Schaefer, Julia Shrubovych, Irina I. Semenyuk, Alberto Sendra, Jiri Tuma, Michala Tůmová, Anna B. Vassilieva, Ting‐Wen Chen, Stefan Geisen, Olaf Schmidt, Alexei V. Tiunov, Stefan Scheu   +25 more
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New barklice (Psocodea, Trogiomorpha) from Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 8, Issue 3, May/June 2022., 2022
Abstract Barklice are insects belonging to the order Psocodea. They are herbivorous or detritivorous, and inhabit a wide range of environments. Their oldest fossil record dates back to the late Carboniferous, but it was not until the Cretaceous that they became much more diverse.
Sergio Álvarez‐Parra, Enrique Peñalver, André Nel, Xavier Delclòs, Conrad Labandeira   +4 more
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A new species of Euplocania Enderlein (Psocodea, ‘Psocoptera’, Ptiloneuridae), from the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil

EntomoBrasilis, 2021
A new species of Euplocania belonging in the Marginata species group, collected in an area of the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazilian states of Bahia is described and illustrated.
Alberto Moreira da Silva-Neto
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Reducing Postharvest Loss of Stored Grains Using Plant‐Based Biopesticides: A Review of Past Research Efforts

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
The world population is projected to be 9.1 billion by the year 2050, and about 70% extra food will be required. One of the main challenges regarding food security is postharvest loss due to insect pests. The overall postharvest grain losses for sub‐Saharan Africa could be as high as US$4 billion/year.
Getachew Bezabih, Neela Satheesh, Solomon Workneh Fanta, Melaku Wale, Minaleshewa Atlabachew, Chunpeng Wan   +5 more
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Feeding habits and novel prey of larval fishes in the northern San Francisco Estuary

Environmental DNA, Volume 3, Issue 6, Page 1059-1080, November 2021., 2021
We used dietary DNA metabarcoding analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene to study the diets of larval fishes in the San Francisco Estuary and found a high level of overlap between the two species primarily dominated by calanoid and cyclopoid copepods.
Michelle J. Jungbluth, Jillian Burns, Lenny Grimaldo, Anne Slaughter, Aspen Katla, Wim Kimmerer   +5 more
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Triplocania Roesler (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae): review of the internal classification, new species, and new records for the state of Bahia, Brazil [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021
Four species of Triplocania collected in the Brazilian state of Bahia, are described and illustrated, based on male specimens, namely: T. annyae sp. nov., T. diamantina sp. nov., T. lauzie sp. nov. and T. miltoni sp. nov.
Daniel Moura-Lima, Alberto Moreira da Silva-Neto, Freddy Bravo, Alfonso N. García-Aldrete   +3 more
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Rolling pits of Hartmann’s mountain zebra (Zebra equus hartmannae) increase vegetation diversity and landscape heterogeneity in the Pre‐Namib

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 19, Page 13036-13051, October 2021., 2021
The dust‐bathing behavior of the Hartmann’s mountain zebra creates unique rolling‐pits that persist in the landscape. In contrast to the surrounding grassland, the rolling‐pits have finer soil with higher nutrient content, collect run‐off, show a higher infiltration and keep soil moisture longer.
Thomas C. Wagner, Kenneth Uiseb, Christina Fischer   +2 more
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Arthropod facilitation mediated by abandoned dead domatia

Ecosphere, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2021., 2021
Abstract In ant–plant mutualistic interactions, plants provide shelter (domatia) and/or food to ants and in exchange, and ants provide protection against herbivores. After plant tissue senescence, ants are expected to abandon dead domatia, leaving these empty spaces available for other arthropods.
Samuel Novais, E. Jacob Cristóbal‐Perez, Armando Aguirre‐Jaimes, Mauricio Quesada   +3 more
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A Life History Study of Caecilius Aurantiacus (Hagen) (Psocoptera: Caeciliidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Caecilius aurantiacus is a common, widely distributed psocid in well established forested areas of North America. Published information on this species is fragmentary and limited primarily to taxonomy.
Dunham, R. Scott
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Diversity and abundance of arboreal psocids (Psocoptera) along latitudinal gradients in northern Europe

European Journal of Entomology, 2014
Psocids are small insects that feed primarily on fungi, algae, lichens and organic detritus. Although they are relatively common in forest ecosystems, the general patterns in their abundance and diversity in boreal forests are still poorly known.
Jussi KANERVO, Mikhail V. KOZLOV
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