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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_27F4_01CE6D1C.557F6FD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi John & All, June 19, 2013 The 'mystery' of there being fewer birds where cicadas are present = disappears in an apocalyptic inversion if this relationship is viewed as = a case of 'cicadas being present where birds are less abundant'. If the cicada-eating bird population in an area is high enough then = cicadas will be eaten shortly after emergence (when their exoskeleton is = still relatively soft) leading to many birds and few or no cicadas. If = the opposite holds; low population of cicada-eating birds in an area = then many cicadas will survive leading to few birds and many cicadas.=20 Yt, Dave Webster ----- Original Message -----=20 From: John Kearney=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:27 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Dawn Chorus and Cicadas Reference to an interesting article relating the disappearance of = birds to Cicada blooms = http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/06/18/the-cicada-paradox#.UcI= E2djNkpZ =20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3199/6423 - Release Date: = 06/19/13 ------=_NextPart_000_27F4_01CE6D1C.557F6FD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m =3D=20 "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23501"> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @font-face { font-family: Comic Sans MS; } @page WordSection1 {size: 612.0pt 792.0pt; margin: 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt = 72.0pt; } P.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = mso-fareast-language: EN-US } LI.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = mso-fareast-language: EN-US } DIV.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = mso-fareast-language: EN-US } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: windowtext; mso-style-type: = personal-compose } .MsoChpDefault { FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; = mso-style-type: export-only } DIV.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1 } </STYLE> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD> <BODY lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue bgColor=3D#ffffff vLink=3Dpurple> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi John & All, = =20 = June=20 19, 2013</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> The 'mystery' of there = being fewer=20 birds where cicadas are present disappears in an apocalyptic=20 inversion if this relationship is viewed as a case of 'cicadas = being present where birds are less abundant'.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> If the cicada-eating bird = population in an=20 area is high enough then cicadas will be eaten shortly after = emergence=20 (when their exoskeleton is still relatively soft) leading to many birds = and few=20 or no cicadas. If the opposite holds; low population of cicada-eating = birds in=20 an area then many cicadas will survive leading to few birds and many = cicadas.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djohn.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca">John Kearney</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 19, 2013 = 4:27=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Dawn Chorus = and=20 Cicadas</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=3DWordSection1> <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"=20 lang=3DEN-US>Reference to an interesting article relating the = disappearance of=20 birds to Cicada blooms<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN lang=3DEN-US><A=20 = href=3D"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/06/18/the-cicada-para= dox#.UcIE2djNkpZ">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/06/18/the-c= icada-paradox#.UcIE2djNkpZ</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN = lang=3DEN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2013.0.3345 / = Virus=20 Database: 3199/6423 - Release Date: = 06/19/13</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_27F4_01CE6D1C.557F6FD0--
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