ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Species mapping for the 21st Century: The case of periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.)

Sunday, November 11, 2012: 3:33 PM
200 D, Floor Two (Knoxville Convention Center)
John Cooley , Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
David C. Marshall , Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Chris Simon , Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) have long excited the interest of entomologists.  One of the most effective ways to organize information about them has been to compile maps of their periodic, mass emergences.  However, most existing maps are at a resolution too coarse to allow effective testing of biogeographic hypotheses.  We describe a new, GIS-based method for mapping periodical cicada emergences and we present some surprising results from the 2012 emergence of periodical cicada Brood I.
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