1. Web-location cannot be designed simply to optimize foraging success, but must be a compromise between competing factors, including microhabitat parameters (physical structure, microclimate) and predator avoidance. 2. We tested the hypothesis that, despite these compromises, linyphiid spiders managed to locate their webs within microsites with enhanced prey resources. 3. We tested further the...

We compared the species composition, relative abundances and life form structure of subterranean Collembola (Hexapoda) captured by two different methods along a depth gradient five forested scree sites in Western Carpathians, Slovakia: (1) high-gradient extraction soil samples, (2) collection using traps. Our results showed that samples were more efficient covering richness at majority sites. T...

Mitogenomes represent useful tools for investigating the phylogeny of many metazoan clades. Regarding Collembola, use mitogenomics has already shown promising results, but few published works include sufficient taxon sampling to study its evolution and systematics on a broader scale. Here, we present phylogenetic based mitogenomes 124 species from 24 subfamilies, 16 families, four orders—one mo...

ABSTRACT: Organisms like Collembola are indicators of soil quality and act as decomposers that promote litter fragmentation, improve structure aeration. This work aimed to carry out the survey identification in an area with avocado cultivation. The collections were performed using Pitfall traps growing area, from April July. In total, six biweekly field carried subsequently samples taken labora...