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Individual preferences and social interactions determine the aggregation of woodlice. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
The aggregation of woodlice in dark and moist places is considered an adaptation to land life and most studies are focused on its functionality or on the behavioural mechanisms related to the individual's response to abiotic factors.
Cédric Devigne, Pierre Broly, Jean-Louis Deneubourg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food Preferences in Two Detritivore Species: Laboratory Choice Tests Using Leaf Litters of Different Tree Species

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2023
Soil fauna, including terrestrial isopods, millipedes and earthworms, play an important role in the decomposition of litter through the process of shredding it during consumption.
Gabriela Makulec, Krassimira Ilieva-Makulec   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

New records of Trachelipus vespertilio (Budde-Lund, 1896) (Isopoda, Oniscidea) with a description of the male [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022
The existing descriptions of the woodlouse Trachelipus vespertilio are based on a single female collected in Croatia in the nineteenth century. No further information on the occurrence of this species has been reported in published literature and the ...
Miloš Vittori
doaj   +3 more sources

Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson's Disease: A Qualitative Study of Experiences in Ireland. [PDF]

Health Expect
ABSTRACT Introduction Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting an estimated 10 million people globally, and its incidence rate is rising rapidly. PD most commonly develops sporadically, with only 5%–10% of cases linked to genetic causes. Environmental factors, including exposure to pesticides, have been associated with
Collins LM, Moore S, O'Shea E, White A, Sullivan AM.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Total herbivore exclusion alters plant species dominance and trait expression in endangered grassy woodlands. [PDF]

Ecology
Abstract Herbivores are important drivers of plant community composition and dominance in grassy ecosystems, yet few studies have attempted to understand how different types of herbivores impact plant dominance and function. This study examined the biomass of dominant grass species and other plant functional groups after 3 years of nested herbivore ...
Chinn N, Lebbink G, Risch AC, McGree J, Firn J.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

CityScapeLab Berlin: A Research Platform for Untangling Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity [PDF]

, 2020
Urban biodiversity conservation requires an understanding of how urbanization modulates biodiversity patterns and the associated ecosystem services. While important advances have been made in the conceptual development of urban biodiversity research over
Buchholz, Sascha, Hiller, Anne, Kowarik, Ingo, Lippe, Moritz von der, Seitz, Birgit   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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   +2 more sources

Surprisingly high genetic divergence of the mitochondrial DNA barcode fragment (COI) within Central European woodlice species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)

ZooKeys, 2022
Abstract DNA barcoding has become the most popular approach for species identification in recent years. As part of the German Barcode of Life project, the first DNA barcode library for terrestrial and freshwater isopods from Germany is presented.
M. Raupach, Björn Rulik, J. Spelda
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evolutionary and environmental determinants of heat tolerance and acclimation capacity in herpetofauna. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Exploring heat tolerance and acclimation capacity can provide an effective approach to evaluating species’ sensitivity to extremely high temperatures due to climate warming. Despite some work on amphibian and reptile thermophysiological adaptation, related questions remain. We reviewed the literature to provide a synthesis of worldwide data on
Sun Z, Sun B, Jiang J, Peng X, Xiong B, Yao W, Qin J, Su S, Zhao T.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Discovery of Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus) klugii (Brandt, 1833) (Isopoda, Oniscidea) in the Republic of Georgia with an overview of the ecology and biology of the subgenus [PDF]

Caucasiana, 2022
The terrestrial woodlice Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus) klugii (Brandt, 1833) is reported from Georgia for the first time, with a commentary on the species composition of the genus Hemilepistus Budde-Lund, 1879 in the Caucasus. A short review of the ecology
Eka Arsenashvili, Giorgi Iankoshvili, Shota Japarashvili, Natalia Bulbulashvili, Armen Seropian   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources