BACKGROUND The effect of low nutrient availability on plant-consumer interactions during early succession is poorly understood. The low productivity and complexity of primary successional communities are expected to limit diversity and abundance of arthropods, but few studies have examined arthropod responses to enhanced nutrient supply in this context. We investigated the effects of nitrogen (...

Observed on a 5 x 5 cm small surface of litter in a 35-years-old Scots pine stand with bracken and the moss Pseudoscleropodium purum, the F1 layer is extensively invaded by a mycelial mat made of several mycorrhizal fungi. Observations under a light microscope gave circumstantial evidence of the role of these fungi in advanced stages of decomposition: they seem to protect the partly decayed pla...

University sites are generally used as conservation areas in many countries. The secondary forest plays pivotal role maintaining biodiversity urban area. One of the creatures that live is arthropods. Moreover, there only limited study about diversity soil arthropods Bengkulu (UNIB). This aimed to calculate arthropod species one measurement parameters biodiversity. samples were collected from an...

Various aspects of Antarctic soils are discussed in relation to their biology. Analyses conducted at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, show that certain soil salts are higher in areas where no arthropods are present. These coincide with areas of low available water and it is concluded that soil dwelling Arthropoda in the parts of South Victoria Land studied are probably excluded from colonizing cert...

Phylogenetic relationship is an indication of shared abilities, or at least of shared constraints, on morphology, physiology, and behavior; but is phylogenetic relationship a sufficient criterion for predicting ecological function? Ecologists have assumed that the function of invertebrates in soil systems can be predicted at a low level of taxonomic resolution, but our research indicates that c...

We assessed the effects of cultivating two genetically modified (GM) glyphosate-tolerant soybean varieties (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) derived from Event 40-3-2 and a Japanese conventional variety on arthropods under field conditions, with weed control using glyphosate and conventional weed control for two years. Plant height and dry weight of the conventional variety were significantly larger tha...

Temperate grasslands are part of one the biggest biomes on earth, sustaining high levels biodiversity and providing multiple ecosystem services. However, area covered by this open is decreasing worldwide, due to several threats like land use change or climate change. Ground-dwelling arthropods an important group community grassland soil invertebrates, they play a key role within ecosystem, whil...

Detritivorous arthropods are essential because they participate in recycling organic matter, decomposing pesticides, improving soil properties, conserving water, and reducing problems with plant diseases. Practices such as no-till straw on soils can affect properties populations of detritivorous arthropods. Brazil is the largest producer consumer common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris). Thus, this wo...