Keel-Billed Toucan Carrying Cicada (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Keel-Billed Toucan Carrying Cicada

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A survey of more than 100 experiments on birds, bats and lizards from four continents showed that small, interguild predators increase plant biomass by consuming herbivores and their insect predators.

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Christian Ziegler

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