… fundamental to understand how climate change will affect Alpine biodiversity. … Springtails
were often very abundant in our samples, particularly those belonging to the genus Orchesella …

… To understand the consequences of climate change on … across species, habitats and
geographical regions. Furthermore… tolerance of polar arthropods, how different life-history traits are …

… The overall aim of this project was to study the effects of imidacloprid on life-history traits
in springtails exposed through diet. As dietary exposure to contaminants in soil organisms is …

… function describing the change in a trait across environments … cincta, like other Collembola,
are hemizygous and thus lack … differentiation: geographical variation for stress resistance in …

… in basic morphological characters between the population of ‘… the springtail Orchesella cincta
occurring, in different climatic … stress and helping us to predict the consequences of climatic …

… To provide a background to these problems, the climate and fauna … of mites and springtails,
comprising important elements … worms, tolerance to dehydration enhances resistance to cold. …

… The strength of temperature-induced responses in fitness-related traits may be determined
… on lipid composition of the springtail Orchesella cincta by measuring thermal reaction norms …

… simulans was exposed to predictable and unpredictable fluctuating thermal regimes during
development and the early adult stage showed in all life history and stress resistance traits …

… Apart from cold tolerance, other aspects of the thermal biology of Antarctic Collembola
have received less attention. As may be expected, Antarctic Collembola are able to maintain …