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The Spread of the Soil-Borne Pathogen Fusarium solani in Stored Potato Can Be Controlled by Terrestrial Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) [PDF]

Agriculture, 2021
Fusarium solani, a soil-borne pathogen of stored potato may be disseminated, and thus, the damage caused by the pathogen may be aggravated by the grazing activities of arthropods.
Anett Mészárosné Póss, Anikó Südiné Fehér, Franciska Tóthné Bogdányi, Ferenc Tóth   +3 more
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Woodlice of Belgium: an annotated checklist and bibliography (Isopoda, Oniscidea) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2018
Woodlice are key organisms for nutrient cycling in many terrestrial ecosystems; however, knowledge on this invertebrate group is limited as for other soil fauna taxa. Here, we present an annotated checklist of the woodlice of Belgium, a small but densely
Pallieter De Smedt, Pepijn Boerave, Gert Arijs, Stijn Segers   +3 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Hypoxia causes woodlice (Porcellio scaber) to select lower temperatures and impairs their thermal performance and heat tolerance. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2019
Environmental temperatures and oxygen availability are important for the balance between oxygen supply and demand. Terrestrial organisms are generally perceived to be less limited by access to oxygen than their aquatic counterparts.
Andrzej Antoł, Wiktoria Rojek, Sanjeev Singh, Damian Piekarski, Marcin Czarnoleski   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Earwigs and woodlice as some of the world's smallest internal seed dispersal agents: Insights from the ecology of Monotropastrum humile (Ericaceae)

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement This study illuminates the underappreciated role of invertebrates in seed dispersal, extending beyond the well‐documented contributions of ants. Focusing on Monotropastrum humile (銀竜草 [silver dragon plant] or 水晶蘭 [crystal orchid]
Kenji Suetsugu, Osamu Kimura‐Yokoyama, Shumpei Kitamura   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

A Novel Light-Induced Collective Circular Movement in <i>Armadillo sordidus</i> Isopods. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We describe an interesting aggregative behavior in terrestrial isopods. We conclude that this behavior is in response to intense artificial lighting. ABSTRACT Collective movement in terrestrial isopods has rarely been documented and almost never discussed.
Sheizaf I, Itzkovich E, Chipman AD.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Woodlice change the habitat use of spiders in a different food chain [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background In old field systems, the common woodlouse may have an indirect effect on a nursery web spider. Woodlice and nursery web spiders feed in different food chains, yet previous work demonstrated that the presence of woodlice is correlated with ...
Stefanie M. Guiliano, Cerina M. Karr, Nathalie R. Sommer, Robert W. Buchkowski   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Not Extremely Plastic: Testing the Limits of Morphological Plasticity in Fungal Mycelia in Response to Soil Grazers. [PDF]

Ecol Lett
Using image analysis to track the development of fungal networks in the presence of predators, we found that even in modular organisms, plasticity is more nuanced and limited than previously assumed. Our results challenge the long‐held notion that a modular body plan necessarily confers extreme plasticity.
Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Boddy L, Fricker MD.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Determinants of Soil Microarthropod Community Biodiversity in the Svalbard High Arctic: Locality or Vegetation Community? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Arctic ecosystems like Svalbard are rapidly changing, yet soil microarthropods remain difficult to monitor due to limited baseline data and demanding field and identification work. Using 172 soil samples from 33 localities, we tested whether vegetation maps could serve as proxies for soil microarthropod communities.
Seniczak S, Seniczak A, Kaczmarek S, Iturrondobeitia JC, Marquardt T, Coulson SJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Survey of Synanthropic Spiders in Ireland Reveals Expansion and Dominance of the Invasive Noble False Widow <i>Steatoda nobilis</i> in Urban Habitats (Araneae: Theridiidae). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Rapid urbanisation has facilitated the establishment of large populations of the Noble false widow spider outside of its native range through the use of synanthropic microhabitats. In Ireland, we survey these favourable microhabitats for spider diversity for the first time and find that the Noble false widow now typically makes up more than 40% of the ...
Collier BL, Leonard D, Lyons K, Dunbar JP, Lawton C, Dugon MM.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Comparison of exploratory behavior of two different animal species: woodlice (Armadillidium vulgare) and Rats (Rattus norvegicus) [PDF]

, 2022
Exploratory behavior is a commonly used instrument in the study of animal behavior in the laboratory, usually using rodents. The goal of the present study was to investigate the exploratory behavior of woodlice (Armadillidium vulgare) and compare to the ...
Morato, Silvio, Bonuti, Rafael
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