Excerpt from Invertebrates of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Western Cascades, Oregon, Vol. 3: The Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets) Orthoptera are important primary consumers in many terrestrial ecosystems (odum and others 1962, Rodell 1977, Uvarov In temperate regions they are especially prevalent in grassland and scrub formations (barnum 1964, Campbell and others 1974, Otte Relatively few Orthoptera occur in temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest and little is known about species composition or about orthopteran community patterns or processes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.