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News Release 12-113
Predators Have Outsized Influence Over Habitats
Study of grasshoppers' diets shows that animals are an important part of organic matter decomposition
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Grasshoppers' diets while being hunted may affect how soil releases carbon dioxide.
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Field experiments underway at the Yale Myers forest research site.
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Coping with stress from fear of predation leads to a shift in grasshopper food choices.
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Scientists take measurements of carbon dioxide during field experiments.
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Grasshopper decomposition is important to biologists studying predator-prey relationships.
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Experiments continue in the laboratory, here measuring soil respiration.
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The researchers' work is described in the June 15, 2012 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2012
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