Abstract
The ability of five collembolan species to distinguish and graze selectively on vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) has been verified. Four species preferred the food infected by VAM fungi. All collembolan species showed more of less significant preferences for one species/isolate of the VAM fungi.
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Thimm, T., Larink, O. Grazing preferences of some collembola for endomycorrhizal fungi. Biol Fertil Soils 19, 266–268 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00336171
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00336171