How 17-year cicadas keep track of time

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-256

  Karban, Richard ^a   Black, Carrie A ^a   Weinbaum, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

17 year cicadas; Biological clocks; Magicicada; Periodical cicadas; Plant insect interactions; Timing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; INSECT; PERIODICITY;

CICADIDAE; HOMOPTERA; MAGICICADA;

EID: 0033893770     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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