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A RECENT letter in NATURE1 directed attention to instances of swarming of certain species of Collembola. It was stated that “In most … cases … (if not all) the factor producing this phenomenon would seem to be the relative abundance of the food supply”. In another instance it was suggested that “migration may account for swarming”.
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NATURE, 129, 830, June 4, 1932.
Davies, W. M., Brit. J. Exp. Biol., 6, i. 79, Sept. 1928.
Davies, W. M., Bull. Ent. Soc., 17, 159; 1926: J. Min. Agric., 32, iv., July 1925.
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DAVIES, W. Swarming of Collembola in England. Nature 130, 94 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130094b0
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