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Two Quantitative Methods for Measuring Insect Activity1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. K. Edwards
D. K. Edwards
Affiliation:
Forest Biology Laboratory, Victoria, B.C.
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Various methods for recording the activity of insects have been reported (e.g. Park, 1935, 1937; Gunn, 1940; Hammond, 1953). In this type of investigation, three characteristics are desired in the method: a) the apparatus should be sufficiently sensitive for recording small movements in small insects; b) the portion of the apparatus in immediate contact with the insect should permit easy subjection of the organism to various environmental conditions; c) the apparatus should permit rapid and easy accumulation of data from a number of insects. Two methods have been developed in the present laboratory in attempts to meet as far as possible these desirable qualifications.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 10 , October 1958 , pp. 612 - 616
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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