This study combined nearly complete 28S and 18S rRNA gene sequences (>4100 nt long) to investigate the phylogenetic relationships of basal hexapods (Protura, Collembola, and Diplura). It sequenced more 28S genes, to expand on a previous study from this lab that used 18S plus only a tiny part of the 28S gene. Sixteen species of basal hexapods, five insects, six crustaceans, two myriapods, and tw...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different landscape structures on the understory Collembola community. Four different forest physiognomies were compared: Pinus spp. plantation, Eucalyptus spp. plantation, Araucaria angustifolia plantation, and a remaining native Araucaria forest. Three areas containing two sampling units (25 mx2 m each) were selected in each forest p...

The endosymbiont Wolbachia has been detected in a few parthenogenetic collembolans sampled in Europe and America, including three species of Poduromorpha, two species of Entomobryomorpha, and two species of Neelipleona. Based on 16S rRNA and ftsZ gene sequences, most of the Wolbachia infecting parthenogenetic collembolans were characterized as members of supergroup E and showed concordant phylo...

Among the many challenges in paleobiology is the inference and reconstruction of behaviors that rarely, if ever, leave a physical trace on the environment that is suitable for fossilization. Of particular significance are those behaviors tied to mating and courtship, individual interactions critical for species integrity and continuance, as well as those for dispersal, permitting the taxon to e...

Abstract Herbivory by barnacle geese ( Branta leucopsis ) alters the vegetation cover and reduces ecosystem productivity in high-Arctic peatlands, limiting carbon sink strength of these ecosystems. Here we investigate how herbivory-induced changes affect activities peat soil microbiota using metagenomics, metatranscriptomics targeted metabolomics a comparison fenced exclosures nearby grazed sit...

The material for this study was obtained after intensive sampling in the colluvial mesovoid shallow substratum, or MSS, of Sierra de Guadarrama National Park using 33 subterranean devices (SSD). data were from first extraction traps between May and October 2015. This paper presents results Entomobryomorpha Börner, 1913, which part Collembola captured. Four families 12 genera have been studied: ...

This study combined complete 18S with partial 28S ribosomal RNA gene sequences ( approximately 2,000 nt in total) to investigate the relations of basal hexapods. Ten species of Protura, 12 of Diplura, and 10 of Collembola (representing all subgroups of these three clades) were sequenced, along with 5 true insects and 8 other arthropods, which served as out-groups. Trees were constructed with ma...