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dc.contributor.authorEly, Sidi Ould
dc.contributor.authorNjagi, Peter G.N.
dc.contributor.authorBashir, Magzoub Omer
dc.contributor.authorEl-Amin, Salah El-Tom
dc.contributor.authorHassanali, Ahmed
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-19T08:36:20Z
dc.date.available2012-10-19T08:36:20Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationPsyche (Cambridge, 1874), 2011 Annual (ISSN: 1687-7438)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1687-7438
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5763
dc.description.abstractThe responses of adult solitarious desert locust to odors from a host plant were evaluated in a two-choice wind tunnel. Solitarious desert locusts collected from the field (Red Sea Coast) were more attracted to volatiles from potted Heliotropium ovalifolium in scotophase than in photophase. The attraction towards the host plant odors rather than to clean air, in both photophase and scotophase, concurs with previous observations on oviposition preferences near these plants. Diel behavioral activity patterns of adult solitarious desert locusts Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) that were collected from the field in Port Sudan were investigated by monitoring, scanning, resting, taking off, and walking/​running in a wind tunnel. Solitarious locusts that had been propagated in the laboratory for 20 generations were also observed for comparison. In both groups of locusts, insects were significantly more active after sunset and this activity attained peak level at 1-2 hours after dusk. Of the two groups, solitarious locusts collected from the field were significantly more active. In the scotophase, the former traversed distances that were about seven times those covered by laboratory-reared locusts. Overall, the results show that the repertoire of behavioral activities of solitarious locusts is maintained in laboratory-reared insects, albeit at a lower level. The implications of these observations in the behavioral ecology of the desert locust are discussed.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corpen_US
dc.subjectAnimal behavior -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectLocusts -- Behavioren_US
dc.subjectLocusts -- Environmental aspectsen_US
dc.subjectAnimal ecology -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectLocusts (Insects) -- Behavioren_US
dc.subjectLocusts (Insects) -- Environmental aspectsen_US
dc.subjectAnimal behaviour Research (Canadian subject form)en_US
dc.subjectScience &​ research (Event code)en_US
dc.subjectAnimal behaviour Research (Topical scope)en_US
dc.subjectResearch (Topical scope)en_US
dc.subjectBehavior (Topical scope)en_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental aspects (Topical scope)en_US
dc.subjectBiological sciencesen_US
dc.titleDiel behavioral activity patterns in adult solitarious desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal).(Research Article)(Report)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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