Breakdown of Gallery Forest Leaf Litter in Intermittent and Perennial Prairie Streams

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 323 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. H. Hill ◽  
T. J. Gardner ◽  
O. F. Ekisola
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Gallery Forest ◽  
Prairie Streams ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter

scholarly journals Snail and millipede complementarity in decomposing Mediterranean forest leaf litter mixtures

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 937-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana De Oliveira ◽  
Stephan Hättenschwiler ◽  
Ira Tanya Handa
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Mediterranean Forest ◽  
Litter Mixtures ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter

A new species of leaf-litter inhabiting Georissus from Borneo (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Georissidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3316 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTIN FIKÁČEK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Riparian Zones ◽  
Terrestrial Habitats ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter ◽  
A New Species

Georissus (Neogeorissus) smetanai sp. nov. is described from Mt. Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Malaysia. Long series of thisspecies has been sifted from cloud forest leaf litter in contrast to most species of the genus, which are most frequently collectedin riparian zones. The species is compared with G. lateralis Delève, 1967 and G. inflatus Delève, 1972, which were collected under similar circumstances and the leaf-litter habits of the three species are briefly discussed.Keywords. Georissus, new species, leaf litter, terrestrial habitats, aptery, Malaysia, Borneo, Sri Lanka, Republic of the Congo

The importance of biotic factors in predicting global change effects on decomposition of temperate forest leaf litter

Oecologia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soraya Rouifed ◽  
I. Tanya Handa ◽  
Jean-François David ◽  
Stephan Hättenschwiler
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Biotic Factors ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter

Macro-detritivore identity and biomass along with moisture availability control forest leaf litter breakdown in a field experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pallieter De Smedt ◽  
Safaa Wasof ◽  
Tom Van de Weghe ◽  
Martin Hermy ◽  
Dries Bonte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Litter Breakdown ◽  
Leaf Litter Breakdown ◽  
Moisture Availability ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter

Microbial Use of Leaf Litter in Prairie Streams

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. H. Hill ◽  
T. J. Gardner ◽  
O. F. Ekisola ◽  
G. M. Henebry
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Prairie Streams

scholarly journals Yagder serratus, a new eyeless weevil from Mexico and the non-monophyly of Brachycerinae, the evolutionary twilight zone of true weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

2021 ◽  
pp. 363-374
Author(s):  
Vasily V. Grebennikov ◽  
Robert S. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Twilight Zone ◽  
Dna Fragments ◽  
Core Group ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter

We describe and illustrate a new eyeless weevil, Yagder serratus gen. & sp. nov., based on a single adult female collected by sifting forest leaf litter in Mexico. A phylogenetic analysis of 39 terminals and 2679 aligned positions from three DNA fragments places the new species into the subfamily Brachycerinae (as incertae sedis) and outside the highly diversified clade of ‘higher’ true weevils. Neither Brachycerinae, nor its tribe Raymondionymini traditionally uniting most eyeless weevils, are monophyletic unless the latter is limited to a Mediterranean core group. Both these taxa are taxonomic dumping-grounds likely containing species-poor sisters of species-rich clades. When resolved, the subfamily Brachycerinae will be likely split into two or more species-poor deeply-divergent subfamilies.

scholarly journals Structure of the leaf litter frog community in an area of Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Natália Vagmaker ◽  
Juliane Pereira-Ribeiro ◽  
Átilla Colombo Ferreguetti ◽  
Alex Boazi ◽  
Rayanne Gama-Matos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Trophic Chain ◽  
Measured Temperature ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter ◽  
Espirito Santo

Different spatial and temporal factors can influence the species richness and abundance of leaf anurans that are fundamental for the ecosystem functioning, as they act as predators and integrate the trophic chain as prey of other animals. There are relatively few studies that aimed to understand the spatio-temporal variation and the influence of environmental factors on leaf litter communities. We studied parameters of the anuran community living in the forest leaf litter in the Duas Bocas Biological Reserve (DBBR), Espírito Santo, Brazil. We sought to understand the extent to which richness, abundance, biomass and density varied between two locations with different stages of preservation (primary and secondary forest). In addition, we tested the effect of temperature and local humidity on abundance. We conducted the samplings monthly from October 2017 to September 2018, establishing 98 4 x 4 m plots (16 m2 each) demarcated on the DBBR forest leaf litter. We measured temperature (°C) and relative air humidity (%), and each plot was carefully surveyed by four observers. We tested for differences in anuran density between the two sampled locations and estimated the effects of environmental variables in the community. We recorded 102 individuals of anurans from 11 species belonging to eight families. The DBBR anuran community parameters significantly differed between the two studied locations, with the highest values of anuran richness and abundance occurring in the area covered by primary forest, probably due to differences in the preservation of each area. However, temperature and humidity did not affect the abundance of anurans in the sampled areas. Our results provide the first information about spatial variation and influence of environmental factors, directed to the community of leaf litter anurans in DBBR, and represents the second study on this group of anurans in the state of Espírito Santo.

A new species in the troglomorphic scorpion genus Troglotayosicus from Colombia, representing the northernmost known record for the genus (Scorpiones, Troglotayosicidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4244 (4) ◽  
pp. 568 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLO ◽  
JULIO C. GONZÁLEZ-GÓMEZ ◽  
JUAN C. VALENZUELA-ROJAS ◽  
LUIS F. GARCÍA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Western Slope ◽  
Andean Region ◽  
Distributional Range ◽  
Forested Areas ◽  
Forest Leaf Litter ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new scorpion species in the troglomorphic genus Troglotayosicus Lourenço, 1981 from Colombia. Troglotayosicus meijdeni sp. nov. inhabits the forest leaf litter at Rivera municipality, on the western slope of the Eastern Andes. The male of the new species remains unknown; however, this species can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the female (and juvenile) morphology. The type locality of T. meijdeni sp. nov. represents the northernmost known record for a population of Troglotayosicus, further extending the known limits of distribution of this genus, and shedding more light on the distributional range of this group of scorpions in northwestern South America. With this description, the number of known species of Troglotayosicus is raised to four; three of them are endogean species living in forested areas in the Andean region of Colombia, whereas one is a hypogean species from a cave in Ecuadorian Amazonia. 

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