Title: | EFFECTS OF POTENTIAL CLIMATE CHANGES ON THE BEHAVIOUR, FEEDING RATE AND REPRODUCTION OF SELECTED SOIL INVERTEBRATES |
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Authors: | ID Zizek, Suzana (Mentor) More about this mentor... ID Rahimli, Nijat (Author) |
Files: | Nijat_Rahimli.pdf (1,74 MB) MD5: 8D195739C5379D683E4A8750DB409D36
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Language: | English |
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Work type: | Master's thesis/paper |
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Typology: | 2.09 - Master's Thesis |
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Organization: | FZO - Faculty of Environmental Sciences
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Abstract: | As a consequence of global climate change, the biodiversity of soil invertebrates is impacted. Elevated temperatures and moisture alterations in soil have deleterious effects on soil invertebrates. These organisms are important bioindicators of changes in soil ecosystems. Therefore, we investigated the effect of soil moisture, as potential impacts of climate change, on the behaviour, feeding rate and reproduction rates of two soil invertebrate species: woodlice (Porcellio scaber) and earthworms (Eisenia andrei) in laboratory experiments. Our results indicate that soil invertebrates are highly sensitive to desiccation. The feeding activity of woodlice and the reproduction rate of earthworms are likely dependent on soil moisture. |
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Keywords: | Climate change, Soil invertebrates, Soil ecology, Isopods, Earthworms |
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Place of publishing: | Nova Gorica |
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Year of publishing: | 2018 |
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PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-3740-6dc4c0ea-be03-055a-0c50-1e0c9019378d |
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COBISS.SI-ID: | 5077243 |
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NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:86FM4XA2 |
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Publication date in RUNG: | 14.02.2018 |
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Views: | 5440 |
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Downloads: | 229 |
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