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Legged Locomotion in Lattices: Centipede Traversal of Obstacle-Rich Environments. [PDF]

Ann N Y Acad Sci
We investigated how centipedes adapted their limb stepping and body bending patterns in a dense array of rigid obstacles (vertical posts). Centipedes maintained a rapid speed in the obstacle array by adapting their gaits in several ways, including adducing their limbs along their bodies to mitigate collisions, twisting their bodies into more favorable ...
Pierce CJ, Soto D, Erickson E, Diaz K, Iaschi M, Lay A, Goldman DI.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Establishing DNA-Based Strategies for Soil Biodiversity Assessment: Insights From Carabid Beetles. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
DNA metabarcoding revolutionizes soil biodiversity assessments by offering unparalleled taxonomic resolution and efficiency compared to traditional methods. Our study shows that the common decontamination step is unnecessary, streamlining workflows without compromising accuracy.
Fraga Dornellas L, Mata VA, Mendes S, Leitão R, Bartz M, Nascimento E, Costa J, Sousa JP, Cunha L.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

First record of the subfamily Newportiinae (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae) from Argentina

Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2016
La subfamilia Newportiinae y la especie Newportia (Tidops) balzanii (Silvestri, 1895) son registradas por primera vez en Argentina sobre la base de es- pecímenes colectados en la provincia de Misiones.
Andrés Osvaldo PORTA
doaj   +1 more source

A Regional DNA Barcode Library for Northern Rocky Mountain Arthropods to Support Biodiversity and Molecular Ecological Research. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We developed the MPG Ranch Arthropod Library (MPG‐AL), a COI DNA barcode reference library for arthropods of the Northern Rocky Mountains, to address gaps in barcode coverage for the western United States. From 86,533 specimens collected in Montana, we generated 52,270 DNA barcodes spanning 38 orders and 1793 species, adding 5154 Barcode Index Numbers (
Seidensticker MT, Bullington LS, Morales SE, Ramsey PW.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The influence of drought, precipitation and fossorial mammal reintroduction on the density of fossorial arthropods and their burrows in arid Australia

Austral Ecology, Volume 48, Issue 7, Page 1252-1273, November 2023., 2023
Burrowing arthropods can be an important source of food and providers of shelter and understanding factors that contribute to their population fluctuations is important for tracking their dynamic ecosystem interactions. Here we measured the changes in the density of fossorial arthropod burrows and their occupants over a period spanning the tail‐end of ...
Brianna Coulter, Rebecca S. West, Richard T. Kingsford, Katherine E. Moseby   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabarcoding reveals seasonal and spatial patterns of arthropod community assemblages in two contrasting habitats: Desert and oasis of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 438-461, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Aim Desert springs or oases are the only permanent mesic environments in highly water‐limited arid regions. Oases have immense cultural, evolutionary and ecological importance for people and a high number of endemic and relic species. Nevertheless, they are also highly vulnerable ecosystems, with invasive species, overexploitation and climate ...
Anastasia Klimova, Ricardo Rodríguez‐Estrella, Guanliang Meng, Jesús Neftalí Gutiérrez‐Rivera, María Luisa Jimenez‐Jimenez, Shanlin Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A taxonomic review of the centipede genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in mainland Southeast Asia, with description of a new species from Laos [PDF]

, 2016
NHM ...
Edgecombe, GD, Panha, S, Siriwut, W, Sutcharit, C, Tongkerd, P   +4 more
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Multifaceted DNA metabarcoding of guano to uncover multiple classes of ecological data in two different bat communities

Evolutionary Applications, Volume 15, Issue 7, Page 1189-1200, July 2022., 2022
Abstract DNA contained in animal scat provides a wealth of information about the animal, and DNA metabarcoding of scat collections can provide key information about animal populations and communities. Next‐generation DNA sequencing technologies and DNA metabarcoding provide an efficient means for obtaining information available in scat samples. We used
Richard F. Lance, Xin Guan, Joel F. Swift, Christine E. Edwards, Denise L. Lindsay, Eric R. Britzke   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber [PDF]

Check List, 2018
An inventory of fossil millipedes (class Diplopoda) and centipedes (class Chilopoda) from Miocene Chiapas amber, Mexico, is presented, with the inclusion of new records.
Francisco Riquelme, Miguel Hernández-Patricio   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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
wiley   +1 more source