Global Litter Invertebrate Decomposition Experiment

Collembola

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The following image is provided by Keith Brocklehurst, Postal Microscopical Society of UK.

The following images are provided by Mark St. John, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University.

The following images are provided by D. E. Walter.

Selected Reading

The Biology of the Collembola (Springtails): The Most Abundant Insects in the World by Dr. Steve Hopkin, Division of Zoology, School of Animal & Microbial Sciences, University of Reading

This feature is based on a lecture from the Insect Natural History series, organised by the Department of Entomology at The Natural History Museum in London.

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GLIDE was a project of the International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002

This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 98 06437 Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.