Fig. 1.
Compared with maize, perennial grasslands supported a greater diversity of organisms ranging from plants to vertebrates. Graphs show variation between maize, switchgrass, and prairie in richness of plants (A), methanotrophic soil bacteria (B), herbivorous arthropods (C), predatory and parasitic arthropods (D), bees (E), and breeding birds (F). Error bars are ±1 SE. Note logarithmic axes in C, D, and F.