Affiliation:
1. Zoology Department, University of Birmingham
Abstract
1. Under the conditions of the experiments described, Locusta migratoria migratorioides shows a preference for dry air in all parts of the humidity range, although dry air is by no means optimal for development, maturation, and breeding.
2. The strength of the reaction is correlated with the magnitude of the humidity difference available, but appears to be little dependent on the region of the humidity range.
3. The mechanism of the reaction is hygrokinetic and possibly hygrophobotactic as well, but probably not hygrotropotactic.
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Subject
Insect Science,Molecular Biology,Animal Science and Zoology,Aquatic Science,Physiology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
30 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献