Decribe Brown’s large granivore experiment and what was his hypothesis (Chapter 13)?Why did Brown’s research team create controls by completely fencing study plots and then cutting holes in their sides to allow free passage of rodents into and out of the plot?Why not just compare the density of small rodents in the large granivore removal plots with their densities in the surrounding desert?Why did they look at insectivores and what did the lack of response in insectivores indicate?Why did they repeat their large granivore experiment?

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1. Decribe Brown’s large granivore experiment and what was his hypothesis (Chapter 13)?
2. Why did Brown’s research team create controls by completely fencing study plots and then cutting holes in their sides to allow free passage of rodents into and out of the plot?
3. Why not just compare the density of small rodents in the large granivore removal plots with their densities in the surrounding desert?
4. Why did they look at insectivores and what did the lack of response in insectivores indicate?
5. Why did they repeat their large granivore experiment?

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