Comparative spatial behaviour and longevity in cicadas in unburnt vs. burnt forest areas with different management

Recently burnt habitats are a challenge for the persistence of animal populations. Insects that survive the fire, for example belowground, may sometimes show behavioural plasticity and manage to find adequate resources. But the disturbed habitat is usually not favourable to their survival and reproduction, because of increased predation and limiting resources. Whether insects survive, die or emigrate from burnt areas depends on species-specific traits. Cicadas live belowground as nymphs for several years, appearing aboveground as adults for just a few days. They often emerge in severely burnt forests that may have been logged afterwards, where the habitat structure and composition is totall…