Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects sheep manure in agricultural soils on behavior Folsomia candida and initial growth development Avena sativa. For this, an Oxisol submitted different doses subsequently evaluated for survival avoidance through standardized ecotoxicological assays, performance oats by germination test soil basal respiration rate respirometry methodology. ...

Transgenerational effects of environmental conditions can have several important ecological and evolutionary implications. We conducted a fully factorial experiment manipulating food availability across three generations in the collembolan Folsomia candida, a springtail species that inhabits soil and leaf litter environments which vary in resource availability. Maternal and grandmaternal food a...

Soil is a complex habitat where microarthropods, such as mites (Acari) and springtails (Collembola) species occur in high number diversity. Microarthropods play an essential role organic matter decomposition provide important ecosystem service soil. The soil-dwelling microarthropods are sensitive to environmental changes; therefore, their ecological characteristics used evaluate soil conditions...