Further, the diversity of predator species in a size class was a linear function of the summed number of herbivorous insect individuals (of all species) that had smaller body sizes than the predator size class.
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the diversity of predator species in a size class the summed number of herbivorous insect individuals (of all species
was had
a linear function of the summed number of herbivorous insect individuals (of all species
smaller body sizes than the predator size class