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Not all cicadas increase thermal tolerance in response to a temperature gradient in metropolitan Seoul.
Scientific reports - 28 Jan 2020
Nguyen Hoa Quynh, Serret Hortense, Bae Yoonhyuk, Ji Seongmin, Chae Soyeon, Kim Ye Inn, Ha Jeongjoo, Jang Yikweon
Abstract excerpt
Rapid anthropogenic alterations caused by urbanization are increasing temperatures in urban cores, a phenomenon known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Two cicada species, Cryptotympana atrata and Hyalessa fuscata (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), are abundant in metropolitan Seoul where their population densities correlate strongly with UHI intensities. Such a positive correlation between cicada density and UHI...
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