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Use of Radioactive Cobalt in Tracing the Movements of the White-Pine Weevil, Pissodes Strobi Peck. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. R. Sullivan
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The usefulness of radioactive isotopes as tracers in studies of insect biology has been demonstrated on a number of occasions during the past few years. Tracer techniques have made possible the collection of accurate data on the dispersal and flight range of insects (2), and other specific behaviour traits which would otherwise be difficult or impossible to determine (1).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 85 , Issue 8 , August 1953 , pp. 273 - 276
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1953

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References

1.Fuller, R. A., Spinks, J. W. T., Arnason, A. P. and McDonald, H.Use of radioactive tracers in investigations on soil-inhabiting insects. 81st Ann. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ontario, 7–15. 1950.Google Scholar
2.Jenkins, D. W. and Hassett, C. C.Dispersal and flight ranges of subarctic mosquitoes marked with radiophosphorus. Can. J. Zool. 29: 178–187. 1951.CrossRefGoogle Scholar