0 a tool or machine that is used for cutting things into very small pieces:
1 a machine used for cutting things into very small pieces
2 a machine for cutting documents into small pieces so that they cannot be read:
Green leaves enhance the growth and development of a stream macroinvertebrate shredder when senescent leaves are available.
Thus, different successional stages were more important than the identity of leaf species in determining the distribution of shredders among the leaves.
Leaves associated with shredders were placed individually in labelled paper bags, while the remaining leaves in the sample were placed in a separate bag.
The 12 discs were arranged randomly in each container and a single shredder was introduced.
Therefore, specific leaves may not be the primary level of patch structure capable of being detected by shredders.
On the contrary, shredders actually colonized a broad range of leaf species (38 species) from several different plant families, with no apparent underlying patterns.
Treatments were replicated 4-5 times for each of the three shredder species.
Containers with leaf discs but no shredders served as controls and provided estimates of weight loss resulting from leaching and microbial processing.
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