CORRESPONDING DEVELOPMENT OF PLANT AND PHYTOPHAGOUS ORTHOPTERAN COMMUNITIES DURING SOUTHEASTERN OLD-FIELD SUCCESSION

Data are summarized from several previous studies to show (1) that the median number of phytophagous orthopteran species increases through t he early sages of old-field succession in South Carolina, and (2) that this increase is largely due to the addition of orthopterans with man dibular morphologies that indicate feeding on parallel-veined grass le aves. The later addition of graminivorous orthopterans to the communit y coincides with the later invasion of grasses.