Species- and trait-based responses of carabids to rotation and closer-to-nature forestry in a temperate forest under changing climate
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Conservation on the edge: unravelling critical drivers behind the decline of a mountain grasshopper’s marginal populations The ongoing decline of insects highlights the global biodiversity crisis, with orthopterans among the most threatened terrestrial invertebrates in Europe. A mountain grasshopper, Arcyptera fusca, is experiencing declines throughout its range, particularly in Central Europe.…
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Birdsong as an Indicator of Habitat Structure and Quality Birdsong is a complex and highly flexible sexual signal that plays a crucial role in intra- and intersexual communication. Various aspects of the surrounding habitat can influence birdsong; for example, birds may modify their songs to enhance acoustic transmission, or males…
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A Comprehensive Occurrence Dataset for European Ostracoda Inhabiting Groundwater and Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems Motivation Groundwater ecosystems sustain a unique and globally important biodiversity but remain understudied due to sampling and exploration challenges, as well as a shortage of taxonomic experts. Groundwater ostracods, like other groundwater taxa, exhibit a high degree of…
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Publication – Fürjes-Mikó et al., Insects
The Role of Red Wood Ants (Formica rufa Species Group) in Central European Forest Ecosystems—A Literature Review Red wood ants (RWA), belonging to the Formica rufa species group, play a crucial and fascinating role in Central Europe’s forest ecosystems. They have a high variety of effects, which they exert around their nests. Their…
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Fatal Traps in Western Barn Owls’ (Tyto alba) Nesting Sites: The Consequence of Improper Building Modification Human activities can highly impact species that rely on man-made structures for shelter or nesting, and building modifications for pest control or maintenance can have hidden ecological consequences. The breeding of the western barn…
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Delineation of species of the Tetramorium caespitum complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Anatolia with a diagnosis of related species-complexes The high level of morphological crypsis of the hyper-diverse Palearctic Tetramorium caespitum group have challenged taxonomists for decades. Within this group, Wagner et al. (2017) offered a multidisciplinary solution for the delimitation of ten European species of…
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Integrative Description of Temnothorax siculus sp. n.: A New Ant Species from Sicily, Italy (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) The mostly Holarctic genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) is the most diverse ant genus in temperate regions. The Mediterranean, a biodiversity hotspot of rare ant species, hosts over 150 Temnothorax taxa, including several short-range endemics.…
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Microplastic uptake with food increases risk-taking of a wide-spread decomposer, the common pill bug Armadillidium vulgare Exposure to microplastics (MPs) i.e., plastic fragments between 1 μm and 1 mm in diameter causing growing concern for wildlife and humanity. It is now evident that MPs can accumulate in soil, freshwater, seawater…
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