Collembola switch diet in presence of plant roots thereby functioning as herbivores.

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Plant species richness drives the density and diversity of Collembola in temperate grassland (2011, background): “For example, Protaphorura species feed on fine roots of plants (Ulber, 1980; Hurej et al., 1992; Endlweber et al., 2009) and some species of Sminthuridae are primarily phytophagous (Davies, 1926; Berg et al.”
Decomposition of the finest root branching orders: linking belowground dynamics to fine-root function and structure (2011, background): “For instance, a recent study showed that herbivores such as Collembola predominately feed on white fine roots and root hairs, rather than soil microbes (Endlweber et al. 2009).”