Publications
The ecological biogeography of indigenous and introduced Antarctic springtails.
Baird, H.P., Janion‐Scheepers, C., Stevens, M.I., Leihy, R.I., Chown, S.L. 2019. The ecological biogeography of indigenous and introduced Antarctic springtails. Journal of Biogeography 46, pp 1959 – 1973. doi:10.1111/jbi.13639
Comparing thermal performance curves across traits: how consistent are they?
Kellermann, V., Chown, S.L., Fristrup Schou, M., Aitkenhead, I., Janion-Scheepers, C., Clemson, A., Telonis Scott, M., Sgrò, C.M. 2019.Comparing thermal performance curves across traits: how consistent are they? Journal of Experimental Biology. Doi:10.1242/jeb.193433.
Collembola. In: Alien & Invasive animals: a South African perspective.
Janion C. 2011. Collembola. In: Alien & Invasive animals: a South African perspective. Mike Picker and C. Griffiths (Eds). Struik Publishers, Cape Town, pp.78-80.





Alien terrestrial invertebrates in South Africa.
A new chapter for soil biodiversity: launch of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Woodlouse Specialist Group.
OniscidBase: A call for contributions to a global database to advance terrestrial isopod research.
Some like it hot: physiological responses of hot-rod ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their interactions with past and future climate change.
Assessing The Potential for Predator-Prey Interactions in Mesufaunal Arthropod Communities Through Temperature Dependence of Locomotion.

Global fine-resolution data on springtail abundance and community structure.
Colonizing polar environments: thermal niche evolution in Collembola.
New and little-known Isotominae (Collembola, Isotomidae) from South Africa.
High trait diversity among soil arthropods allows their survival in a heterogeneous eco-agricultural mosaic.
Now you see me, now you don’t: verifying the absence of alien invasive yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in South Africa.
Indigenous and introduced Collembola differ in desiccation resistance but not its plasticity in response to temperature.
Mitogenome selection in the evolution of key ecological strategies in the ancient hexapod class Collembola.
Organic farming and moderate tillage change the dominance and spatial structure of soil Collembola communities but have little effects on bulk abundance and species richness.
Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails.
Global monitoring of soil animal communities using a common methodology.
Taxonomy of the Proisotoma complex. VI. Rediscovery of the genus Bagnallella Salmon, 1951 and epitoky in Bagnallella davidi (Barra, 2001), comb. nov. from South Africa.
An unusually diverse genus of Collembola in the Cape Floristic Region characterised by substantial desiccation tolerance.
The Wynberg Cave System, the most important site for cave fauna in South Africa at risk.
Constant and fluctuating temperature acclimations have similar effects on phenotypic plasticity in springtails.
Taxonomy of the Cryptopygus complex. III. The revision of South African species of Cryptopygus and Isotominella (Collembola, Isotomidae).
Basal tolerance but not plasticity gives invasive springtails the advantage in an assemblage setting.
Strangers in a strange land: globally unusual thermal tolerance in Collembola from the Cape Floristic Region.
High spatial turnover in springtails of the Cape Floristic Region.
Springtail phylogeography highlights biosecurity risks of repeated invasions and intraregional transfers among remote islands.
Effects of ground cover management on biotic communities, ecosystem services and disservices in organic pome fruit orchards in South Africa.
The complete mitogenome of the springtail Isotomurus maculatus: a widespread species that is invading the sub-Antarctic region.
Basal resistance enhances warming tolerance of alien over indigenous species across latitude.

Taxonomy of the Cryptopygus complex. II. Affinity of austral Cryptopygus s.s. and Folsomia, with the description of two new Folsomia species (Collembola, Isotomidae)
Range expansion of two invasive springtails on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.
Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being.
Interactions between rates of temperature change and acclimation affect latitudinal patterns of warming tolerance.


Growth and reproduction of laboratory-reared neanurid Collembola using a novel slime mould diet.
Updated list of Collembola species currently recorded from South Africa.


Synonymy of Spicatella Thibaud, 2002 with Delamarephorura Weiner & Najt, 1999, and description of two new species (Collembola: Tullbergiidae).

Litter decomposition in fynbos vegetation, South Africa.
A new species and first record of the genus Triacanthella Schaffer, 1897 (Collembola, Hypogastruridae) for Africa.
Springtails diversity in South Africa.




