Tuesday 2 December 2014

Grasshoppers signal slow recovery of post-agricultural woodlands, study finds

Date:
November 24, 2014

Source:
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Summary:
By comparing grasshoppers found at woodland sites once used for agriculture to similar sites never disturbed by farming, researchers show that despite decades of recovery, the numbers and types of species found in each differ, as do the understory plants and other ecological variables, like soil properties.


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