Search Results - "DEVETTER, Miloslav"
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Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-06-2022)“…ABSTRACT Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant…”
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Diversity and feeding strategies of soil microfauna along elevation gradients in Himalayan cold deserts
Published in PloS one (13-11-2017)“…High-elevation cold deserts in Tibet and Himalaya are one of the most extreme environments. One consequence is that the diversity of macrofauna in this…”
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Tardigrade distribution in soils of high Arctic habitats
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-07-2024)“…Tardigrades are omnipresent microfauna with scarce record on their ecology in soils. Here, we investigated soil inhabiting tardigrade communities in five…”
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Dietary preferences and diet effects on life-history traits of tardigrades
Published in Zoological journal of the Linnean Society (16-03-2020)“…Abstract Tardigrades may be divided into the following feeding groups: herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. However, little is known about their specific…”
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Organic matter decomposition and carbon content in soil fractions as affected by a gradient of labile carbon input to a temperate forest soil
Published in Biology and fertility of soils (01-04-2020)“…Labile carbon (C) input to soils is expected to affect soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition and soil organic C (SOC) stocks in temperate coniferous forests…”
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Post-Fire Recovery of Soil Nematode Communities Depends on Fire Severity
Published in Diversity (Basel) (01-12-2022)“…Following the creation of a new organic layer after a forest fire, there is an initial build-up phase of overall biota. We studied soil nematode community…”
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Stable isotopic composition of top consumers in Arctic cryoconite holes: revealing divergent roles in a supraglacial trophic network
Published in Biogeosciences (04-03-2021)“…Arctic cryoconite holes represent highly biologically active aquatic habitats on the glacier surface characterized by the dynamic nature of their formation and…”
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Long-term post-fire recovery of oribatid mites depends on the recovery of soil properties in a fire-adapted pine forest
Published in Trees, Forests and People (Online) (01-06-2024)“…Fire is a highly important factor affecting the forest structure as well as its functions. The understanding of the post-fire recovery mechanisms could be…”
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Gut microbiome reflect adaptation of earthworms to cave and surface environments
Published in Animal microbiome (05-08-2022)“…BACKGROUNDCaves are special natural laboratories for most biota and the cave communities are unique. Establishing population in cave is accompanied with…”
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Integrating depth-dependent protist dynamics and microbial interactions in spring succession of a freshwater reservoir
Published in Environmental microbiome (08-05-2024)“…Protists are essential contributors to eukaryotic diversity and exert profound influence on carbon fluxes and energy transfer in freshwaters. Despite their…”
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Diversity and distribution of Tardigrada in Arctic cryoconite holes
Published in Journal of limnology (07-06-2016)“…Despite the fact that glaciers and ice sheets have been monitored for more than a century, knowledge on the glacial biota remains poor. Cryoconite holes are…”
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The activity of saccharolytic enzymes in Collembola is associated with species affinity for caves
Published in International journal of speleology (01-05-2018)“…The activity of enzymes associated with digestion can reflect food availability and feeding preferences of invertebrates in a particular habitat. Caves are…”
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Repeated flood disturbance enhances rotifer dominance and diversity in a zooplankton community of a small dammed mountain pond
Published in Journal of limnology (01-01-2017)“…The zooplankton community in a relatively small and mountain pond was studied during the spring growing season. To investigate which factors operate in the…”
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Area, depth and elevation of cryoconite holes in the Arctic do not influence Tardigrada densities
Published in Polish polar research (01-06-2016)“…Water bears (Tardigrada) are known as one of the most extremophile animals in the world. They inhabit environments from the deepest parts of the oceans up to…”
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The Relative Role of Interference Competition in Regulation of a Rotifer Community during Spring Development in a Eutrophic Reservoir
Published in International review of hydrobiology. (01-02-2008)“…The relative importance of interference and exploitative competition from Daphnia was tested in contrast to known role of Cyclops vicinus predation,…”
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Post-fire forest floor succession in a Central European temperate forest depends on organic matter input from recovering vegetation rather than on pyrogenic carbon input from fire
Published in The Science of the total environment (25-02-2023)“…The predicted global increase in the frequency, severity, and intensity of forest fires includes Central Europe, which is not currently considered as a…”
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Enchytraeids in imported soil and organic deposits in Pyramiden, an abandoned mining town on Spitsbergen in the High Arctic
Published in Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-12-2023)“…In Arctic soils, potworms (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) are a particularly important decomposer group. There are relatively many faunistic records from the…”
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Enchytraeid assemblages at the foot of a talus slope in Skansbukta on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen
Published in Soil organisms (Görlitz) (01-12-2019)“…Enchytraeids are an important component of Arctic ecosystems both as decomposers and part of the foodchain. Compared to other regions of the High Arctic, the…”
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Long-term post-fire recovery of an oribatid mite assemblage: A case study from a temperate coniferous forest
Published in Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-10-2024)“…Wildfire represents a significant natural disturbance factor in forest ecosystems expected to further increase in importance due to global climate change. It…”
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A method for efficient extraction of rotifers (Rotifera) from soils
Published in Pedobiologia (10-03-2010)“…Rotifers are a group of soil animals which are not commonly quantified. The most recent data originated from soil studies focussed on nematodes and various…”
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