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Mathematical observations on the relation between eclosion periods and the copulation rate of cicadas
1Department of Applied Mathematics, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-4-1, Higashi-hiroshima 739-8527, Japan. saisho@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering : MBE
|May 14, 2010
Abstract:
In many species of cicadas the peak of eclosion of males precedes that of females. In this paper, we construct a stochastic model and consider whether this sexual difference of eclosion periods works against mating or not. We also discuss the relation between the peak period of copulations and the development of population number by using this model.

