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Collembola of the Cavalum and Landeiro Caves (Madeira, Portugal)
Insects, 2023 The cave fauna of the Macaronesian archipelagos is rich in endemic species. Unlike the Azores and the Canary Islands, the cave fauna of the Madeira archipelago is little known. The only two cave complexes studied, Machico and São Vicente, lack protection
Enrique Baquero +5 more
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Soil microplastics inhibit the movement of springtail species
Environment International, 2019 Previous studies have indicated the means by which micro-sized plastic particles may affect the soil environment, and this could be linked to the behavior of plastics in the soil system and how these particles are influenced by biological responses. Soil-
Shin Woong Kim, Youn-Joo An
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Acta Mycologica, 2014 Grazing preferences of collembolans Ceratophysella sp. 1 were noted. The collembolans feed on the sporangia of Pseudoperonospora cubensis growing on plants Cucumis sativus in greenhouses in Esfahan province in Iran.
Andrzej Chlebicki, J. M. Radwański
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Addition to Iranian Springtails fauna and a checklist of the Collembola from Kurdistan province [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2023 The study was conducted in oak forests and the conifer stands in Marivan county located in west of Kurdistan province. The leaf litter and soils samples from these forests were taken during 2016 to 2019 and specimens were extracted by the Berlese funnels.
Somayeh Ahmadi +4 more
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Anurida granaria (Collembola) and Peziza arvernensis (Ascomycota) in Mycophagy Association at Riparian Zone in Southern Brazil [PDF]
Floresta e AmbienteRiparian zones are important areas for biodiversity and preservation, where springtails and fungi contribute to nutrient cycling and organic matter decomposition.
Alice Lemos Costa +3 more
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The impact of roosting birds on the abundance of two groups of soil mesofauna
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2012 The aim of the study was to assess the influence of corvid urban roosts on the abundance of two groups of soil mesofauna: mites and springtails. Two areas located in the city of Warsaw were taken into consideration, one subjected to winter roosting ...
Krassimira Ilieva-Makulec +2 more
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Fossil amber reveals springtails’ longstanding dispersal by social insects
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background Dispersal is essential for terrestrial organisms living in disjunct habitats and constitutes a significant challenge for the evolution of wingless taxa.
Ninon Robin +2 more
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A checklist of springtails (Hexapoda, Collembola) from Kosovo and Metohija province, Republic of Serbia [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2022 View on Scopus The knowledge of Collembola diversity is far from complete, especially on the territory of the Republic of Serbia. This paper presents a summary of all identified species of springtails in the area of Kosovo and Metohija.
Nikola Grujic
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Effects of soil regeneration methods on beneficial mesofauna in a spring triticale field [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2017 The aim of the study was to determine possible changes in the abundance and species diversity of soil dwelling springtails (Collembola) and mites (Acari) due to different conditioners and soil regeneration methods applied on a spring triticale ...
Jacek TWARDOWSKI +2 more
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Insects, 2021 Megalothorax minimus (Neelidae) and Sphaeridia pumilis (Sminthurididae) had already been identified in surface sampling from Sierra de Guadarrama. In Europe, Sminthurinus gisini (Katiannidae) seems to be associated with environments at specific altitudes,
Enrique Baquero +2 more
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