Courtship behaviour of two species of periodical cicadas, Magicicada septendecim and M. cassini, was studied in the field during the 1970, 1973, and 1974 emergences of these insects. In areas where both species were courting there were differences in both male and female courtship patterns, ...
1. Periodical cicadas occur widely in deciduous forests of eastern North America and represent the largest insect emergences in the world. Their effects on forest community dynamics, via oviposition damage and root feeding, are potentially great but not well understood. If tree species vary in their...
periodical cicadas; range limitation; rarity ABSTRACT. 1 The same woodland rarely supports two different broods of 17-year cicadas, and never two that appear in successive years. Theoretically, this is because a build-up of predators, generated by the leading brood, would eliminate the lagging ...
1990. Differing levels of among- population divergence in the mitochondrial DNA of periodical cicadas related to historical biogeography. Evolution, 44, 1066—1080. MORITZ, C., DOWLING, T. E. AND BROWN, W. M. 1987. Evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA: Relevance for population biology and ...
The periodical cicadas (Magicicada) is one genus with seven species that is only found in eastern North America; 13-year life cycles can be found generally in the south and midwest and 17-year life cycles have a northern distribution. As adults, they come out in precisely-timed mass-...
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We measured tree size, emergence holes, oviposition scar bundles, and chorusing center abun- dances of Magicicada species on 12 common tree species in a deciduous forest to understand host-tree use. We predicted that the abundance of periodical cicadas and use of specific host-tree species ...
The effect of periodical cicadas on growth of five tree species in Midwestern deciduous forests. Am. Midl. Nat. 164: 173- 186.Speer, J. H., K. Clay, G. Bishop, and M. Creech. 2010. The effect of periodical cicadas on growth of five tree species in midwestern deciduous forests. The...
3. We determined if the periodical cicada, Magicicada septendecim , preferred to oviposit on native or exotic woody plant species. Potential hosts were divided into three groups and planted in a randomised design near a likely source of cicadas. The first group, Natives, included 15 species ...
Species mapping for the 21Century: The case of periodical cicadas (spp.)John Cooley