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Morphological traits – desiccation resistance – habitat characteristics: a possible key for distribution in woodlice (Isopoda, Oniscidea)

ZooKeys, 2018
Terrestrial isopods, as successful colonizers of land habitats, show a great variety in species distribution patterns on a global, continental, or regional scale.
Diána sonka, K. Halasy, K. Buczkó, E. Hornung   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The genus Trichoniscoides Sars, 1899 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae) from Portugal, with descriptions of three new species

European Journal of Taxonomy
The genus Trichoniscoides Sars, 1899, is exclusively European and comprises 58 species, with 39 occurring on the Iberian Peninsula. Most species in this region are troglobiotic, but recent studies have identified several new species of this genus that ...
Julio Cifuentes, Luis P. Da Silva
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Effects of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Oniscidea) on leaf litter decomposition processes

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2015
The leaf litter decomposition is carried out by the combined action of microorganisms and decomposer invertebrates such as earthworms, diplopods and isopods. The present work aimed to evaluate the impact of terrestrial isopod on leaf litter decomposition
Khaleid F. Abd El-Wakeil
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Effective online interaction: mapping course design to bridge from research to practice [PDF]

, 2008
Quantitative and qualitative research of a case study course confirmed that the course achieved a highly interactive learning experience, associated with more effective student support and high student retention.
Thorpe, Mary
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Invasive species of terrestrial woodlice in Europe. Prospects for researching woodlice in Belarus

, 2022
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Logachev, M. A., Sinchuk, A. V.
openaire   +1 more source

NEIGHBOUR-IN: Image processing software for spatial analysis of animal grouping

ZooKeys, 2015
Animal grouping is a very complex process that occurs in many species, involving many individuals under the influence of different mechanisms. To investigate this process, we have created an image processing software, called NEIGHBOUR-IN, designed to ...
Yves Caubet, Freddie-Jeanne Richard
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Effects of Hands-on Activities on Conservation, Disgust and Knowledge of Woodlice

, 2017
Although hands-on activities significantly improve achievement and attitudes toward animals, the use of the aesthetically unpleasant is questionable. We investigated whether the use of woodlouse, as an example of an unpopular animal, alters children’s ...
Jana Fančovičová, P. Prokop
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Histological studies on the marsupium of two terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)

ZooKeys, 2015
The marsupium, a brood pouch in peracarid crustaceans (Crustacea, Malacostraca) has evolved in terrestrial environment for providing nutrition and optimal conditions for embryogenesis.
Diána Csonka, Katalin Halasy, Elisabeth Hornung   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validity and worth in the science curriculum: learning school science outside the laboratory [PDF]

, 2006
It is widely acknowledged that there are problems with school science in many developed countries of the world. Such problems manifest themselves in a progressive decline in pupil enthusiasm for school science across the secondary age range and the fact ...
Amos R., Anderson D., Bebbington A., Black G., Borrows P., Braund M., Cerini B., DfES (Department for Education and Skills), Driver R., Falk J. H., Falk J. H., Goodrum D., Gräber W., Haste H., Hodson D., Jarman R., Johnson S., Lee S., Macdonald S., Martin Braund, Michael Reiss, Millar R., Miller J., Mortimer E. F., Parvin J., Popli R., Price S., Reiss M. J., Reiss M. J., Roth W.-M., Shamos M. H., Sjøberg S., Swinbank L., Wellington J., Woolnough B.   +34 more
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Ingestion and excretion of two transgenic Bt corn varieties by slugs [PDF]

, 2018
The release of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn expressing various Cry endotoxins has raised concern that these endotoxins are disseminated in the food web and may adversely affect non-target beneficial organisms, such as predators and ...
Nentwig, Wolfgang, Zurbrügg, Corinne
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