RE: [cicada] Biogeography of Big Bend Cicadas
Brush Freeman
again. I'll be damned if I can find that list you put together. I got it
on the road and now can not find it. Is it the one you revised after the
note from Sanborn. We got work to do next summer :-)
B
> [Original Message]
> From: Mike Quinn <Mike....@tpwd.state.tx.us>
> To: <Cicadas-...@googlegroups.com>
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> Date: 1/22/2008 7:47:07 PM
> Subject: [cicada] Biogeography of Big Bend Cicadas
>
>
> A most fascinating paper. This is probably the most intensively studied
> area for Cicadas anywhere in Texas. Unfortunately, it's a monster
> download. I can email anyone a PDF of the paper if that'll help. Another
> oddity is that apparently, since it was published in a Chinese journal,
> the English text can't be cut and pasted... Mike Quinn, Austin
>
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>
> PHILLIPS, P.K. & A.F. SANBORN. 2007. Phytogeography influences
> biogeography of the Cicadidae. Acta Zoologica Sinica 53(3): 454-462.
>
> Abstract:
>
> http://www.actazool.org/paperdetail.asp?id=5442&volume=53&number=3&bgpag
> e=null&=endpagenull&year=2007&month=6
>
> or: http://tinyurl.com/2cz487
>
> Abstract: The primary aim was the identification and determination of
> distribution patterns of the cicadas in relation to the plant
> distribution in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, located in extreme
> southwestern Texas, USA. Cicadas were collected in all areas of the
> reserve, which is also designated as a US National Park, noting specific
> location, habitat characteristics and plant species present. The
> distribution of each species was mapped and correlated to vegetation
> type in those locations. There are twelve species (all native) in six
> genera of cicadas found within the reserve. Tibicen chisosensis Davis is
> the only endemic species but Diceroprocta canescens Davis and Okangodes
> terlingua Davis have very limited distributions outside the official
> reserve boundaries. Each species shows a close association to
> particular vegetation types. The distribution of particular cicada
> species is restricted by the distribution of their host plants. By the
> end of the study we were able to predict which species would be found in
> particular habitats
>
> full paper:
> http://www.actazool.org/pdftemp/%7B5FA2EBE6-5720-4EDA-B65C-71BB7EC8F6EF%
> 7D.pdf (monster download)
>
> or: http://tinyurl.com/29kqwq
>
> >
>
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