Summary 1. The view of post‐mining sites is rapidly changing among ecologists and conservationists, as sensitive restoration using spontaneous succession may turn such into biodiversity refuges in human‐exploited regions. However, technical reclamation, consisting covering the by topsoil, sowing fast‐growing herb mixtures planting trees, still commonly adopted. Until now, no multi‐taxa study has compared technically reclaimed left with succession. 2. We sampled communities vascular plants 10...

The Abrau Peninsula is located in northwestern Caucasus between the cities of Novorossiysk and Anapa, Krasnodar Province, Russia. This paper contains an annotated checklist Chilopoda Diplopoda inhabiting Peninsula.The fauna comprises 17 centipede (4 orders) 16 millipede (6 species. Henia taurica, hitherto known only from Crimea, has now been reported several localities studied region. study also reveals two possibly new Statistical analyses showed that habitat preferences myriapod species...

Disphaerobius Attems, 1926, the sole constituent genus of subfamily Pterygoterginae, is synonymized with Pterygotergum Verhoeff, 1934 syn. nov., and shown to comprise only two species: D. svenhedini (Verhoeff, 1934) comb. nov. ex Pterygotergum, loricatus (Sseliwanoff, 1881) (= Lithobius magnificus Trotzina, 1895), both Leach, 1814. rediagnosed, its basically Central Asian species are redescribed from fresh material sexes, their distributions mapped. newly recorded S Kazakhstan W Mongolia....

Woodlice (terrestrial isopods) represent an unmissable, often very numerous components of macrosaprophages inhabiting soil, rocky environments, rotting wood and subterranean habitats, as well the dwellings various organisms, including humans. The paper provides a comprehensive summary literature on woodlice in Slovakia, list species with unpublished data two exotic first recorded Slovakia. Research Slovakian terrestrial isopods has been documented 213 papers (from 1794 to 2024) 25 theses. To...

Aposematism is a distinctive or warning signal that provides the animal with protection against potential predator. Aposematic colouration easier for predator to remember and avoid dangerous and/or unpalatable prey in future. We investigated whether has an aposematic function terrestrial isopods. The common rough woodlice ( Porcellio scaber ) were used as model species of isopods Italian wall lizard Podarcis siculus predatory species. To imitate on we marked their dorsal plates yellow dots....

A field study of spatial activity and sheltering behaviour terrestrial isopods was carried out using Porcellio scaber Armadillidium versicolor , two model species woodlice. Individuals both were colour-marked released into an area with artificial shelters, their then observed for several days. Vagility found to be similar; dispersal ability measured at least 1.1 m/h. The number animals recaptured declined over time as they left the field-experiment area. provided shelters unevenly inhabited...

Pitfall traps containing a fixative solution are commonly used by ecologists to study ground-dwelling invertebrates. The effect of the on animals being caught is frequent topic studies. Our compares formaldehyde solution, water, and random probability catch simulated using dry traps. Ninety pitfall were placed in floodplain forest ground: one-third 4% as fixative, was left without any liquid simulate catch. A layer wood chips reduce predation between animals. field April May 2022 emptied...

Abstract Invertebrates exhibit a wide diversity in defensive secretions used to deter predators. Terrestrial isopods possess lobed glands, thought secrete substances, particularly through uropods or lateral plates. Our study explores the mechanisms of species Armadillidium Brandt, 1833 with distinctive aposematic colourations, investigating secretion properties and histological characteristics their tegumental glands. Histological analysis revealed presence glands across all examined...

The influence of season, ground temperature and habitat on diurnal epigeic activity beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in floodplain forest neighboring clear-cut area was studied late spring early autumn by pitfall trapping. Among the material collected were 35 species beetles. We recorded a significant daytime factors 16 species. 13 co-affected soil surface. some differed, depending season locality.

We evaluated individual behavioural patterns of isopods expressed as tonic immobility following some intrusive treatments. Common rough woodlice, Porcellioscaber, were kept individually in plastic boxes and tested for repeatedly. Reactivity, sensitivity (number stimuli needed to respond), endurance (TI) according three types treatments (touch, squeeze, drop) evaluated. Touch was the weakest treatment it necessary repeat a number times obtain response; while squeeze drop induced TI more...

Research studies of the shallow subterranean habitats as environments for arthropods have been sparse up to this point. Using traps, we studied distribution spiders in soil profile over a depth span 5–95 cm at six sites. Although almost 40% individual specimens (1088 total) were obtained from epigeon (5 depth), colonized all parts profiles examined. Beside ground-dwelling species with significant preferences upper layers, some (Porrhomma microphthalmum (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1871),...

Soil invertebrates are studied by a number of methods. Here we used zoological methods (soil sampling, pitfall trapping, litter sifting, and hand collecting) to sample centipede communities in four floodplain forests (Czech Republic, Europe) compared the efficiency these Heat-extraction from soil samples was most effective, followed trapping. The centipedes found us can be divided into five ecological groups: 1) larger, abundant lithobiomorphs, 2) scarcer 3) smaller, 4) geophilomorphs, 5)...

We studied spiders and harvestmen on tree trunks using three sampling methods.In 201 3, spider harvestman research was conducted the of selected species deciduous trees (linden, oak, maple) in town Prerov a surrounding floodplain forest near Becva River Czech Republic.Three methods were used to collect arachnids (pitfall traps with Conservation fluid, sticky cardboard pocket traps).Overall, 1862 864 trapped, represented by 56 belonging 15 families seven one family.The most effective method...

The first part of an annotated checklist the centipede fauna five Middle Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan) based on literature data critically revised, is here presented. check-list includes 49 species Lithobiomorpha arranged in 10 genera and 3 families (Anopsobiidae, Henicopidae, Lithobiidae). Two monotypic (Dzhungaria Farzalieva, Zalesskaja Edgecombe, 2004 Ghilaroviella Zalesskaja, 1975) 31 are known from only; regarded as introduced region....

The morphologically uniform suborder Cyphophthalmi represents a basal group of harvestmen (Opiliones). As such, it plays an important role in the reconstruction karyotype evolution within this arachnid order. cytogenetic analysis 6 representatives Cyphophthalmi, namely <i>Miopsalis</i> sp. (2n = 30; Stylocellidae), <i>Austropurcellia arcticosa</i> (Cantrell, 1980) Pettalidae), <i>Parapurcellia amatola</i> de Bivort & Giribet, 2010 32;...

The geophilomorph centipede fauna of urban areas in southwestern Siberia comprises at least seven species belonging to four genera and two families.The following records are new western (Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778)) or (G.proximus C.L. Koch, 1847 Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. 1835)).The northernmost range limits reported for Arctogeophilus macrocephalus Folkmanová et Dobroruka, 1960, Escaryus japonicus Attems, 1927 E. koreanus Takakuwa, 1937, all lying Siberia.The distributions relevant...