THE TIME-COURSE OF BEHAVIORAL PHASE-CHANGE IN NYMPHS OF THE DESERT LOCUST, SCHISTOCERCA-GREGARIA
THE TIME-COURSE OF BEHAVIORAL PHASE-CHANGE IN NYMPHS OF THE DESERT LOCUST, SCHISTOCERCA-GREGARIA
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3032.1994.tb01042.x
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发表时间:
1994-09-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
SIMPSON, SJ
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作者:
ROESSINGH, P;SIMPSON, SJ
The time-course of behavioural phase change was investigated in nymphs of Schistocerca gregaria, using logistic regression analysis of behaviour recorded in a standard assay. Gregarization occurred very rapidly. Solitary-reared nymphs became markedly gregarious in behaviour within 1-4h of being placed in a crowd. These insects re-solitarized equally quickly if removed from the crowd. Crowd-reared locusts also solitarized within 1-4h, but this effect was not complete. Results indicate that, while behavioural gregarization is maximal within a few hours of crowding, solitarization is a two-stage process, changing rapidly at first, then more slowly as a function of the period of previous crowding.