Bromeliad (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Bromeliad

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Scientists used the insect larvae that live in the water trapped by bromeliad plants as a model ecosystem, discovering that food webs become top-heavy with predators when there are large day-to-day variations in rainfall.

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The Bromeliad Working Group/UBC.

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