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The Influence of Agricultural Residues and Horse Manure on Chemical and Biological Properties of Soil [PDF]

Assiut University Journal of Multidisciplinary Scientific Research
Animal droppings are essential for agriculture because they are rich in organic matter and nutrients that support plant growth. The application and management of manure from domestic animals is essential for the sustainability of agricultural practices ...
Adel A. Fatah, Shereen Elbanna, Mohamed Gamal, Jenan Alharbi, Samy Zalat   +4 more
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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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Two new species of the genus Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Platyarthridae) from the Ibero-Balearic region

European Journal of Taxonomy
Two new species of Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908, the most diverse genus of the family Platyarthridae, are described from the Ibero-Balearic region: T. guadianensis sp. nov. (Portugal) and T. malacitana sp. nov. (Spain). The two species are distinguished
Julio Cifuentes, José Luis Rando, Luís P. Da Silva   +2 more
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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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Reactions to Light in Woodlice (Isopoda)

Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 1968
No Abstract.
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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
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Folk-iore and Local Names of Woodlice [PDF]

Nature, 1917
AMONST the readers of NATURE there are many, I feel sure, who are interested in the folk-lore and local names of the members of our fauna. May I appeal to such for any information bearing upon the heading of this letter?
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Marsupial extension in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)

Nauplius
In Oniscidea, the marsupium is a ventral pouch where the offspring develop independently of an external water source. The marsupium is formed by five pairs of overlapping oostegites that develop in the females during their reproductive period.
Carina Appel, Aline F. Quadros, Paula B. Araujo   +2 more
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Disaggregation behavior in the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus as a new ecotoxicological endpoint for assessing infochemical disrupting activity

Ecological Indicators
Among rapid ecotoxicological bioassays for screening soil quality, avoidance behavior tests on gregarious edaphic species such as Porcellionides pruinosus are widely used.
Lorenzo Federico, Gianna Serafina Monti, Susana Loureiro, Sara Villa   +3 more
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Terrestrial crustaceans (Arthropoda, Crustacea): taxonomic diversity, terrestrial adaptations, and ecological functions. [PDF]

Zookeys, 2023
Marin IN, Tiunov AV.
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