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Soil Fauna and Ecotoxicology
Research Unit SoFaR
Martin Holmstrup
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Department of Terrestrial Ecology Soil Fauna and Ecotoxicology Research Unit Vejlsøvej 25 DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark Phone: 89 20 15 73 Fax: 89 20 14 13 mho@dmu.dk |  |
I am research professor at the Department of Terrestrial Ecology and have been working in The National Environmental Research Institute since 1993. I study the ecophysiology and ecotoxicology of terrestrial invertebrates, especially earthworms and springtails (Collembola). I supervise student projects (Master’s students) and PhD students within these disciplines. My main research interests are included under these three headings:
· Physiology of cold and desiccation tolerance
· Effects of soil pollution on soil organisms (laboratory and field studies)
· Interactions between climatic stress and toxic stress
| Earthworm cocoons and permeable springtails (edaphic species) have evolved an unusual dehydration mechanism to survive extreme winters. |  |
Supercool or dehydrate? An experimental analysis of
overwintering strategies in small permeable
arctic invertebrates
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Dehydration and cold hardiness in the Arctic Collembolan
Onychiurus arcticus Tullberg 1876
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Physiology of cold hardiness in earthworms
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| Permeable springtails, e.g. Folsomia candida, have evolved a water vapour absorption mechanism allowing them to remain active even at soil humidities causing plant wilting. |  |
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Water Vapor Absorption in Arthropods by Accumulation of Myoinositol and Glucose
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Dehydration tolerance and water vapour absorption in two species of soil-dwelling Collembola by accumulation of sugars and polyols
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Drought acclimation confers cold tolerance in the soil collembolan Folsomia candida
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