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Martha Weiss

joined in Jan 27, 2025

Professor at Georgetown University.

Weiss has 1 break published.

Cicada emergence alters forest food webs

During a periodical cicada emergence, millions upon millions of shrimp-like insects synchronously crawl out of their burrows after 13 or 17 years underground, molt into winged adults, and briefly saturate the local landscape, providing food for a wide range of generalist predators. Despite centuries of... click to read more

Martha Weiss | Professor at Georgetown University

John Lill | Professor at George Washington University

Forests

Food Webs

Community Ecology

Resource Pulses

Trophic Cascades

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Jan 31, 2025

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