<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gerlach, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Russell, D J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jaeschke, B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Römbke, J</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Feeding preferences of native terrestrial isopod species (Oniscoidea, Isopoda) for native and introduced leaf litter</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Applied Soil Ecology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Feeding activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Introduced leaf litter</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Isopoda</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laboratory choice tests</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Primary leaf litter decomposition</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Due to current predictions for Central Europe that forecast higher frequencies of hot and dry summers, Mediterranean drought-tolerant oak species are being evaluated as future forest trees for German forest sites that are becoming increasingly damaged by water deficit. As a result of planting foreign tree species, the leaf litter composition and thus the food resources of native saprophagous macroarthropods will change, possibly altering primary decomposition processes. Therefore, experiments concerning the acceptance and palatability of introduced versus native litter for native isopods were undertaken. Consumption rates of four native isopod species (Porcellio scaber, Oniscus asellus, Trachelipus rathkii, Trachelipus ratzeburgii) were investigated in laboratory choice tests with introduced (Quercus pubescens, Quercus frainetto, Quercus ilex) and comparable native (Fagus sylvatica, Quercus robur) leaf litter. Litter was characterized by measurement of C/N-ratios and lignin content. Although species-specific preferences of isopods could be observed in the experiments, Mediterranean oak litter was consumed by all investigated species. Furthermore, two isopod species even preferred the leaf litter of the introduced Q. ilex. Compared to native beech or oak litter, litter from these introduced tree species thus apparently do not negatively influence the consumption rates of terrestrial isopods. Possible reasons for the determined preferences are discussed.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Achouri, M S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hmaied, S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Charfi-Cheikhouha, F</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The diversity of terrestrial Isopoda in the Berkoukech area, Kroumirie, Tunisia</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Crustaceana</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">distribution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diversity (voyant)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Isopoda</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tunisia</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">81</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">917-929</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Until now, no investigations have been made on the diversity of woodlice in any region of Tunisia. In the framework of the &quot;MEDCORE&quot; project, particular emphasis has been put on the study of terrestrial isopod diversity in the Berkoukech area (north-west of Tunisia). Two sites were selected for this study: the beach dune system and an inland site located in Rabouet Bou Ali. In the beach dune system, isopods were studied in three biotopes: a grazed meadow (biotope 1), a maquis of Pistacia lentiscus, Quercus coccifera, Erica arborea, Phylleria angustifolia, and Callycotome villosa (biotope 2), and a climax forest of Quercus coccifera, Juniperus oxycedrus, Juniperus phoenicea, and Callycotome villosa (biotope 3). In Rabouet Bou Ali, a Quercus suber forest (biotope 4) was chosen for study. In the Berkoukech area, 12 species of terrestrial isopods belonging to five families were collected: Tylidae, Porcellionidae, Philosciidae, Platyarthridae, and Armadillidiidae. Among these, two species are reported as new for Tunisia. Furthermore, this study indicates that isopods are not evenly distributed in the various biotopes: they vary in number of species as well as in number of specimens. Biotope 2 shows the highest diversity and is the most homogeneous (Is = 3.16; H′ = 1.76; J′ = 0.88), while biotope 4 exhibits the lowest values (Is = 1.2; H′ = 0.475; J′ = 0.3). The similarity between the various communities, estimated by the Bray-Curtis index, shows that the biotopes cluster according to their plant associations.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Achouri, M. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hmaied, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Charfi-Cheikhouha, F.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The diversity of terrestrial Isopoda in the Berkoukech area, Kroumirie, Tunisia</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Crustaceana</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">distribution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diversity (voyant)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Isopoda</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tunisia</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">81</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">917 - 929</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Until now, no investigations have been made on the diversity of woodlice in any region of Tunisia. In the framework of the &quot;MEDCORE&quot; project, particular emphasis has been put on the study of terrestrial isopod diversity in the Berkoukech area (north-west of Tunisia). Two sites were selected for this study: the beach dune system and an inland site located in Rabouet Bou Ali. In the beach dune system, isopods were studied in three biotopes: a grazed meadow (biotope 1), a maquis of Pistacia lentiscus, Quercus coccifera, Erica arborea, Phylleria angustifolia, and Callycotome villosa (biotope 2), and a climax forest of Quercus coccifera, Juniperus oxycedrus, Juniperus phoenicea, and Callycotome villosa (biotope 3). In Rabouet Bou Ali, a Quercus suber forest (biotope 4) was chosen for study. In the Berkoukech area, 12 species of terrestrial isopods belonging to five families were collected: Tylidae, Porcellionidae, Philosciidae, Platyarthridae, and Armadillidiidae. Among these, two species are reported as new for Tunisia. Furthermore, this study indicates that isopods are not evenly distributed in the various biotopes: they vary in number of species as well as in number of specimens. Biotope 2 shows the highest diversity and is the most homogeneous (Is = 3.16; H′ = 1.76; J′ = 0.88), while biotope 4 exhibits the lowest values (Is = 1.2; H′ = 0.475; J′ = 0.3). The similarity between the various communities, estimated by the Bray-Curtis index, shows that the biotopes cluster according to their plant associations.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">David, J F</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Devernay, S</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Belowground biodiversity in a Mediterranean landscape: relationships between saprophagous macroarthropod communities and vegetation structure</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodiversity and …</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diplopoda</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">habitat preferences</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Isopoda</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean Region</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vegetation changes</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">753-767</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Millipedes and woodlice were sampled at 27 sites in a mosaic landscape in order to establish the extent to which the macroarthropod community changed with dierent plant for- mations. Multivariate analyses conducted on abundance data for ten species revealed four main types of macroarthropod communities. This classi®cation was highly correlated with vegetation structure and particularly the degree of openness of the sites. Communities dominated by Om- matoiulus rutilans (Julidae) occurred in open grassland; those dominated by Glomeris marginata (Glomeridae) plus Porcellio gallicus (Porcellionidae) were found at the least open sites, with a high oak cover; communities with a high proportion of the endemic glomerid Glomeris annulata oc- curred in semi-open sites with a substantial cover of shrubs. Species diversity was signi®cantly higher at the semi-open sites, this being interpreted as an edge eect. Population density and biomass were lower at wooded sites. In the context of a regional trend towards woodland ex- pansion, the results are discussed from the viewpoint of conserving the pool of millipede and woodlouse species and of maintaining the abundance of saprophagous macroarthropods in the region's ecosystems.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DAVID, J. F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Devernay, S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Belowground biodiversity in a Mediterranean landscape: relationships between saprophagous macroarthropod communities and vegetation structure</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodiversity and …</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diplopoda</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">habitat preferences</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Isopoda</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean Region</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vegetation changes</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/T61585W7427102T0.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">753 - 767</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Millipedes and woodlice were sampled at 27 sites in a mosaic landscape in order to establish the extent to which the macroarthropod community changed with dierent plant for- mations. Multivariate analyses conducted on abundance data for ten species revealed four main types of macroarthropod communities. This classi®cation was highly correlated with vegetation structure and particularly the degree of openness of the sites. Communities dominated by Om- matoiulus rutilans (Julidae) occurred in open grassland; those dominated by Glomeris marginata (Glomeridae) plus Porcellio gallicus (Porcellionidae) were found at the least open sites, with a high oak cover; communities with a high proportion of the endemic glomerid Glomeris annulata oc- curred in semi-open sites with a substantial cover of shrubs. Species diversity was signi®cantly higher at the semi-open sites, this being interpreted as an edge eect. Population density and biomass were lower at wooded sites. In the context of a regional trend towards woodland ex- pansion, the results are discussed from the viewpoint of conserving the pool of millipede and woodlouse species and of maintaining the abundance of saprophagous macroarthropods in the region's ecosystems.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>