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Quantifying insect movement in the field

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Turchin, P; Odendaal, FJ; Rausher, MD
Published in: Environmental Entomology
December 1, 1991

We describe a method of quantifying insect paths in the held for use in ecological and behavioral studies. First, we discuss how continuous and curvilinear paths traced by moving insects can be approximated with a series of connected straight lines. Next we describe our procedure for following insects under field conditions and for recording their behaviors (and the timing of behavioral events) with a hand-held TRS-80 computer. We discuss how successive positions of a followed insect can be recorded by triangulation and then translated into spatial coordinates. Finally, we illustrate the method with a study of individual movements in a hilltopping butterfly, Euphydryas editha Boisduval.

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Environmental Entomology

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EISSN

1938-2936

ISSN

0046-225X

Publication Date

December 1, 1991

Volume

20

Issue

6

Start / End Page

955 / 963

Related Subject Headings

  • Entomology
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0608 Zoology
 

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Turchin, P., Odendaal, F. J., & Rausher, M. D. (1991). Quantifying insect movement in the field. Environmental Entomology, 20(6), 955–963. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/20.4.955
Turchin, P., F. J. Odendaal, and M. D. Rausher. “Quantifying insect movement in the field.” Environmental Entomology 20, no. 6 (December 1, 1991): 955–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/20.4.955.
Turchin P, Odendaal FJ, Rausher MD. Quantifying insect movement in the field. Environmental Entomology. 1991 Dec 1;20(6):955–63.
Turchin, P., et al. “Quantifying insect movement in the field.” Environmental Entomology, vol. 20, no. 6, Dec. 1991, pp. 955–63. Scopus, doi:10.1093/ee/20.4.955.
Turchin P, Odendaal FJ, Rausher MD. Quantifying insect movement in the field. Environmental Entomology. 1991 Dec 1;20(6):955–963.
Journal cover image

Published In

Environmental Entomology

DOI

EISSN

1938-2936

ISSN

0046-225X

Publication Date

December 1, 1991

Volume

20

Issue

6

Start / End Page

955 / 963

Related Subject Headings

  • Entomology
  • 3109 Zoology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0608 Zoology