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An augmented wood-penetrating structure: Cicada ovipositors enhanced with metals and other inorganic elements

Few insect species are as popular as periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.). Despite representing an enormous biomass and numbers that exceed 370/m(2) during mass emergences, the extended time period of the underground nymphal stages (up to 17 years) complicates investigations of their life history tr...

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Autores principales: Lehnert, Matthew S., Reiter, Kristen E., Smith, Gregory A., Kritsky, Gene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31874983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56203-6