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Early land plants: Plentiful but neglected nutritional resources for herbivores?

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
In this paper, we explore the unknown reason(s) why herbivores rarely seem to attack early land plants like mosses and ferns. Our study, in which we looked at the performance of an arthropod and a gastropod on 15 species of such plants, yields surprising results that disqualify some of the common notions about early land plants.
Audrey Duhin, Ricardo A. R. Machado, Ted C. J. Turlings, Gregory Röder   +3 more
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Extinction risk is linked to lifestyle in freshwater gastropods

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 27, Issue 12, Page 2357-2368, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Aim Freshwater ecosystems and their biota are severely endangered by global change today, and predicted extinction levels are skyrocketing for many taxa. Most studies have focused on entire clades, while approaches testing for selective extinction risk with respect to ecological traits are rare. As studies are typically based on modern faunas,
Thomas A. Neubauer, Elisavet Georgopoulou, Chris Burridge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal turnover in community composition of stream‐associated macroinvertebrates inferred from freshwater environmental DNA metabarcoding

Environmental DNA, Volume 3, Issue 4, Page 861-876, July 2021., 2021
Macroinvertebrate communities are crucial for biodiversity monitoring and assessment of ecological status in stream ecosystems. Here, we use environmental DNA metabarcoding of filtered water samples collected in both spring and autumn from five streams in Denmark to address seasonal turnover in community composition of stream macroinvertebrates.
Mads Reinholdt Jensen, Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard, Sune Agersnap, Jes Jessen Rasmussen, Annette Baattrup‐Pedersen, Peter Wiberg‐Larsen, Philip Francis Thomsen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semiochemical applications for managing the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum Müller), a major pest of arable crops. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
Trends in semiochemical research highlight promising attractants and repellents for ‘push–pull’ pest control strategies of the grey field slug. Extracts from plants, predators, entomopathogenic fungi, and essential oils demonstrate potential in modifying grey field slug behaviour, inducing avoidance, antifeeding responses, or mortality, offering ...
Mustapha S, Loveridge EJ, Butt TM, Vuts J, Ortega-Ramos PA, Cook SM.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Trophic structure of a pond community dominated by an invasive alien species: Insights from stomach content and stable isotope analyses

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 948-963, April 2021., 2021
Abstract Invaders affect native species across multiple trophic levels, influencing the structure and stability of freshwater communities. Based on the ‘trophic position hypothesis’, invaders at the top of the food web are more harmful to native species via direct and indirect effects than trophically analogous native predators are. However, introduced
Alessandra Maria Bissattini, Phillip J. Haubrock, Vincenzo Buono, Paride Balzani, Nicolò Borgianni, Luca Stellati, Alberto Francesco Inghilesi, Lorenzo Tancioni, Marco Martinoli, Elena Tricarico, Leonardo Vignoli   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

No recovery in the biomass of flying insects over the last decade in German nature protected areas. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Across two seasons, we accumulated a comprehensive data set on insect biomass from representative nature reserves across Germany. The measured overall insect biomass remained at low levels and corresponds to the published latest figures from 2007 to 2016.
Mühlethaler R, Köthe S, Hörren T, Sorg M, Eichler L, Lehmann GUC.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

First record of two slug mite species of the genus Riccardoella Berlese (Acari: Ereynetidae) in Serbia [PDF]

Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2016
The paper presents the first data on slug mites Riccardoella (Riccardoella) limacum (Schrank) and R. (Proriccardoella) oudemansiThor (Acari: Ereynetidae) in Serbia. The two parasitic species were detected on seven species of snails and slugs (Gastropoda,
Stojnić Bojan, Vidović Biljana, Jokić Goran, Vukša Marina, Blažić Tanja, Đedović Suzana   +5 more
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Actualización del conocimiento de la distribución de la Superfamilia Vitrinoidea Fitzinger, 1833 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) en el oeste de Galicia

Graellsia, 1995
En este trabajo se realiza un estudio faunístico de las especies de la Superfamilia Vitrinoidea Fitzinger, 1833, encontradas en el oeste de Galicia (provincias de A Coruña y Pontevedra).
P. Ondina, J. Hermida, T. Rodríguez
doaj   +1 more source

The zoobenthos of the river Tzraudon, the Terek river basin

RUDN Journal of Ecology and Life Safety, 2020
The paper provides information about the fauna of amphibious insects that live in the river Tsraudon, discusses the ecology of species, the dynamics of species diversity.
Iya E. Dzhioeva, Susanna K. Cherchesova, Oleg A. Novatorov, Zarina K. Tsagaeva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of the land snail Cornu aspersum (Helicidae: Mollusca): intra-specific divergence of protein-coding genes and phylogenetic considerations within Euthyneura.

PLoS ONE, 2013
The complete sequences of three mitochondrial genomes from the land snail Cornu aspersum were determined. The mitogenome has a length of 14050 bp, and it encodes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes and two ribosomal RNA genes. It also includes
Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia, Roberto F Nespolo, Juan C Opazo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source