Allee effect in the selection for prime-numbered cycles in periodical cicadas Export

@article{citeulike:4634484, abstract = {10.1073/pnas.0900215106 Periodical cicadas are well known for their prime-numbered life cycles (17 and 13 years) and their mass periodical emergences. The origination and persistence of prime-numbered cycles are explained by the hybridization hypothesis on the basis of their lower likelihood of hybridization with other cycles. Recently, we showed by using an integer-based numerical model that prime-numbered cycles are indeed selected for among 10- to 20-year cycles. Here, we develop a real-number-based model to investigate the factors affecting the selection of prime-numbered cycles. We include an Allee effect in our model, such that a critical population size is set as an extinction threshold. We compare the real-number models with and without the Allee effect. The results show that in the presence of an Allee effect, prime-numbered life cycles are most likely to persist and to be selected under a wide range of extinction thresholds.}, author = {Tanaka, Yumi and Yoshimura, Jin and Simon, Chris and Cooley, John R. and Tainaka, Kei-Ichi}, citeulike-article-id = {4634484}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900215106}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/0900215106v1//.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/0900215106v1//.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19451640}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19451640}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0900215106}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {biology}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2009-05-26 07:42:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Allee effect in the selection for prime-numbered cycles in periodical cicadas}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900215106}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4634484 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4634484 N2 - 10.1073/pnas.0900215106 Periodical cicadas are well known for their prime-numbered life cycles (17 and 13 years) and their mass periodical emergences. The origination and persistence of prime-numbered cycles are explained by the hybridization hypothesis on the basis of their lower likelihood of hybridization with other cycles. Recently, we showed by using an integer-based numerical model that prime-numbered cycles are indeed selected for among 10- to 20-year cycles. Here, we develop a real-number-based model to investigate the factors affecting the selection of prime-numbered cycles. We include an Allee effect in our model, such that a critical population size is set as an extinction threshold. We compare the real-number models with and without the Allee effect. The results show that in the presence of an Allee effect, prime-numbered life cycles are most likely to persist and to be selected under a wide range of extinction thresholds. JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences TI - Allee effect in the selection for prime-numbered cycles in periodical cicadas KW - biology AU - Tanaka, Yumi AU - Yoshimura, Jin AU - Simon, Chris AU - Cooley, John AU - Tainaka, Kei-Ichi PY - 2009/05/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0900215106 ER -