Urban heat island effect on cicada densities in metropolitan Seoul

Background Urban heat island (UHI) effect, the ubiquitous consequence of urbanization, is considered to play a major role in population expansion of numerous insects. Cryptotympana atrata and Hyalessa fuscata are the most abundant cicada species in the Korean Peninsula, where their population densit...

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Main Authors: Hoa Q. Nguyen, Desiree K. Andersen, Yuseob Kim, Yikweon Jang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4238.pdf