Red-legged Grasshopper -- <i>Melanoplus femurrubrum</i> (IMAGE)

National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)

Red-legged Grasshopper -- <i>Melanoplus femurrubrum</i>

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A new study shows that climate change that significantly decreases plant quality grants a competitive advantage to larger invertebrate herbivores, such as grasshoppers, who can convert the foliage to energy more efficiently than smaller herbivores.

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Andrew v. F. Block

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