Feeding guilds in Collembola based on digestive enzymes

By M. Berg, M. Stoffer, H. V. D. Heuvel. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Soil Science

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Beyond microbes: Are fauna the next frontier in soil biogeochemical models? (2016, background): “…likely to have important consequences for downstream SOM dynamics, yet our understanding of the exact modes by which fauna exploit microbes is far from complete (but see Lussenhop, 1981; Bonkowski et al., 2000; Maraun et al., 2003; Smrz and Norton, 2004; Berg et al., 2004; Crowther et al., 2011).”
The oribatid mite Scheloribates moestus (Acari: Oribatida) alters litter chemistry and nutrient cycling during decomposition (2011, background): “…cellulase (8 times higher) and phosphatase (5 times higher), indicating that along with other microarthropods it possesses a variety of digestive enzymes capable of catabolizing diverse organic compounds (Siepel and de Ruiter-Dijkman, 1993; Berg et al., 2004; Norton and Behan-Pelletier, 2009).”
Turning northern peatlands upside down: disentangling microclimate and substrate quality effects on vertical distribution of Collembola (2010, background): “Friesea truncata which mainly feeds on microfauna, eggs and moults of small animals, is considered to be a hemi-edaphic animal (Berg et al. 2004), but its dark pigmentation and eyes are traits consistent with life near the surface, where it was indeed found in our system.”
Searching for unifying principles in soil ecology (2009, background): “Functional redundancy is also exhibited by soil invertebrate communities and is often linked to physiological traits such as body size, mode of movement and gut enzyme composition (Siepel and Maaskamp, 1994; Wolters, 2001; Berg et al., 2004).”
Feeding guilds in Collembola based on nitrogen stable isotope ratios (2005, background): “More chitinase than trehalase and cellulase activity suggests this species to feed on fungi, but also to have ability to digest plant materials (Berg et al., 2004).”
Plant species richness drives the density and diversity of Collembola in temperate grassland (2011, background): “, 2009) and some species of Sminthuridae are primarily phytophagous (Davies, 1926; Berg et al., 2004).”
The feeding ecology of earthworms – A review (2007, methodology): “Berg et al. (2004) have recently used activity measurements of three carbohydrases to classify 20 Collembola species from grassland soils into feeding guilds; such a systematic, metabolic fingerprinting approach has not yet been pursued for earthworms.”