Past land use can create altered soil conditions and plant communities that persist for decades, although the effects of these altered conditions on consumers are rarely investigated. Using a large-scale field study at 36 sites in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) woodlands, the researchers examined whether historic agricultural land use leads to differences in the abundance and community composition of insect herbivores (grasshoppers, families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae).
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/land-use-history-alters-contemporary-insect-herbivore-community-composition-and
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/philip-g-hahn
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/john-l-orrock
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-animal-ecology
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/insects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pine
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/n-c-america
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
