Migratory bands give crickets protection
Open Access
- 16 February 2005
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 433 (7027) , 703
- https://doi.org/10.1038/433703a
Abstract
Mormon crickets and juvenile locusts form huge migratory bands — millions of individuals march in unison across the landscape1,2,3 and devastate vast agricultural areas, but little is known about why these bands form. Here we use radiotelemetry to show that band membership benefits these insects by greatly reducing the probability that they will become victims of predators. It is likely that migratory banding has evolved because it gives substantial protection to individuals within the group.Keywords
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