Feeding behaviour of the terrestrial isopod Porcellionides pruinosus Brandt, 1833 (Crustacea, Isopoda) in response to changes in food quality and contamination

Soil decomposition is mainly dependent on the nature and characteristics of organic matter within the soil, the environmental conditions and the activity of microorganisms and soil fauna. Isopods play an important role in decomposition through litter fragmentation and stimulating and/or ingesting fu...

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Main Author: Loureiro, Susana (author)
Other Authors: Sampaio, Alexandra (author), Brandão, Ana (author), Nogueira, António J. A. (author), Soares, Amadeu M. V. M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/5325
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/5325