Impact of forest disturbance on microarthropod communities depends on underlying ecological gradients and species traits by Davide Nardi, Diego Fontaneto, Matteo Girardi, Isaac Chini, Daniela Bertoldi, Roberto Larcher, Cristiano Vernesi

“…Here we used DNA metabarcoding approach to study wind-induced disturbances on forest communities of springtails and soil mites. In particular, we aimed to test the effect of forest soil disturbance on the abundance, richness, species composition, and functional guilds of microarthropods. …”
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La ecología alimentaria del pez endémico Girardinichthys multiradiatus (Cyprinidontiformes: Goodeidae), en el Parque Nacional Lagunas de Zempoala, México by Patricia Trujillo-Jiménez, Efrén Espinosa de los Monteros Viveros

“…The general diet of this species consists of twelve dietary components, eleven of which are of animal origin. Hymenopterans, springtails and chironomids represented the highest percentage of ingestion and preference. …”
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Exploring the Potential Hormonal Effects of Tire Polymers (TPs) on Different Species Based on a Theoretical Computational Approach by Yu Wang, Hao Yang, Wei He, Peixuan Sun, Wenjin Zhao, Miao Liu

“…The organisms included freshwater species (freshwater nematodes, snails, shrimp, and freshwater fish), marine species (marine nematodes, mussels, crab, and marine fish), and soil species (soil nematodes, springtails, earthworms, and spiders). A multilevel empowerment method was used to determine the bio-toxicity of the TPs in various environmental media. …”
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Undesirable immigrants: hobbyist vivaria as a potential source of alien invertebrate species by Radomir Jaskuła, Anna Sulikowska-Drozd, Aleksandra Jabłońska, Krzysztof Banaś, Tomasz Rewicz

“…We collected material and/or information from 65 locations, including 56 cities to which exotic isopods and springtails were sold by wholesalers over the period of nine months (average number per month = 18 cities). …”
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Mapping 50 years of contribution to the development of soil quality biological indicators by Santiago Bonilla-Bedoya, Kevin Valencia, Miguel Ángel Herrera, Magdalena López-Ulloa, David A. Donoso, José Eduardo Macedo Pezzopane

“…Our review showed 25 biological indicators with the highest occurrence; for example, microbial biomass (118), enzymatic activity (90), and organic matter (78); other indicators, such as earthworms, nematodes, or springtails, are also reported. All indicators showed relationships, to a greater or lesser extent, with soil biodiversity and its functions in the landscape. …”
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Feeding design in free-living mesostigmatid chelicerae (Acari: Anactinotrichida) by Bowman, CE

“…Veigaia species with low chelal velocity ratio and other morphological strengthening specialisms, appear specially adapted in a concerted way for predating active soft and fast moving springtails (Collembola). Veigaia cerva shows a markedly bigger chelal gape than its cheliceral reach would proportionately infer suggesting it is a crocodile-like sit-and-wait or ambush predator par excellence. …”

Soil fauna (Lumbricidae, Collembola, Diplopoda and Chilopoda) as indicators of soil eco-subsystem development in post-mining sites of eastern Germany – a review by Wolfram Dunger, Karin Voigtländer

“…The study of colonisation behaviour typical of 113 species of Collembola indicated that there were eight different colonisation groups of springtails that were useful in characterising different stages of mine-site development. …”
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