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Folsomia candida (Collembola): a "standard" soil arthropod.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Fountain, Michelle T. Hopkin, Steve P. |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Folsomia candida Willem 1902, a member of the order Collembola (colloquially called springtails), is a common and widespread arthropod that occurs in soils throughout the world. The species is parthenogenetic and is easy to maintain in the laboratory on a diet of granulated dry yeast. F. candida has been used as a "standard" test organism for more than 40 years for estimating the effects of pesticides and environmental pollutants on nontarget soil arthropods. However, it has also been employed as a model for the investigation of numerous other phenomena such as cold tolerance, quality as a prey item, and effects of microarthropod grazing on pathogenic fungi and mycorrhizae of plant roots. In this comprehensive review, aspects of the life history, ecology, and ecotoxicology of F. candida are covered. We focus on the recent literature, especially studies that have examined the effects of soil pollutants on reproduction in F. candida using the protocol published by the International Standards Organization in 1999. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.ento.50.071803.130331 |
| PubMed reference number | 15355236 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 50 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://collembole.free.fr/www.stevehopkin.co.uk/publications/2005_ARE_50_201-222.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.50.071803.130331 |
| Journal | Annual review of entomology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |