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A radar‐Doppler autocorrelation analysis of insect activity
Author(s) -
BUCHAN P. B.,
SATTELLE D. B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1979.tb00184.x
Subject(s) - autocorrelation , biology , radar , periplaneta , doppler radar , doppler effect , drosophila melanogaster , musca , insect , ecology , larva , statistics , physics , mathematics , computer science , telecommunications , cockroach , biochemistry , astronomy , gene
. A novel actograph is described which utilizes radar‐Doppler methods to monitor continuously the activity of one or a group of insects. By means of autocorrelation analysis of the output of the radar‐Doppler detector changes in the rate of movement can be followed. Components of the activity of an individual insect such as flight and walking can also be distinguished using radar‐Doppler autocorrelation. Some applications of this method are illustrated in experiments on the following species: Periplaneta americana L., Musca domestica L., Calliphora erythrocephala Mg., Drosophila melanogaster Mg.