| cicada emergence in southwestern riparian forest: influences of wildfire and vegetation composition. | annually emerging cicadas are a numerically and ecologically dominant species in southwestern riparian forests. humans have altered disturbance regimes that structure these forests such that floods are less common and wildfires occur more frequently than was historically the case. impacts of these changes on primary consumers such as riparian cicadas are unknown. because cicadas are consumed by a variety of animal species, disturbances that alter timing of their emergence or abundance could have ... | 2006 | 16937821 |