Twig to root: Egg-nest density and underground nymph distribution in a periodical cicada (Hemiptera: Magicicada septendecim (L.))

Entomologica Americana

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Smits, Adrianne ^a   Cooley, John ^a   Westerman, Erica ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg laying behavior; oviposition site choice; post hatching dispersal

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAGICICADA; MAGICICADA SEPTENDECIM;

EID: 77954843184     PISSN: 00963712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1664/09-RA-004R.1     Document Type: Article

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