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Article: Reports outline ecological entomology study findings from Indiana University.
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- June 19, 2009
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"1. Periodical cicadas occur widely in deciduous forests of eastern North America and represent the largest insect emergences in the world," scientists in the United States report.
"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 susceptibility to cicada oviposition and root colonization, then periodical cicadas may affect ecological interactions among tree species and forest composition. 2. We measured oviposition damage on 63 tree species at 52 sites in southern Indiana, U. S. A. for two broods of periodical cicadas. We compared oviposition damage ...