Exploitation of Home Range and Spatial Distribution of Resources in German Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)

Durier, V and Rivault, C,(2003), Exploitation of Home Range and Spatial Distribution of Resources in German Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). , Entomological Society of America, Oxford University Press

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Abstract

We analyzed the expression of edge following behavior in German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (L.). Structure of the environment and spatial distribution of resources modiÞed both expression of locomotory behavior of cockroaches and its distribution between the edge and the central area of an experimental arena. When they are in a familiar environment, German cockroaches are deÞnitely not edge followers and they exploit similarly the different parts of the accessible surface of their home range. Cockroaches placed in a new environment tended to follow edges more than undisturbed insects. This modiÞcation could be assimilated to a response to stressful conditions.
Keywords : Blattella germanica, edge effect, exploratory behavior, UNSPECIFIED
Journal or Publication Title: Entomological Society of America
Volume: UNSPECIFIED
Number: UNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Article
Subjects: Manajemen
Depositing User: Arief Eryka Zendy
Date Deposited: 26 Dec 2019 07:04
Last Modified: 26 Dec 2019 07:04
URI: https://repofeb.undip.ac.id/id/eprint/878

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