Avian cholera was diagnosed in lesser snow geese (Anser c. caerulescens), Ross' geese (Anser rossii) and individuals of several other waterfowl species in a small area of south-western Saskatchewan over a 1 month period during the 1977 spring migration. Approximately 250 dead birds were found. This is apparently the first time avian cholera has been reported in migrating waterfowl in Canada. The site of the mortality was midway between the wintering and nesting areas of the two principal species, and the significance of the occurrence of the disease this far north is discussed.
Radioactive phosphorus was fed to laboratory‐reared male pink bollworms, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), for studies of dispersal and mating in the field. Released moths either irradiated with 20 Krad or unirradiated, were found predominantly within a few hundred meters of the release points. Prior to formation of a plant canopy, daytime‐resting places of moths were soil crevices at the bases of the plants. Later, when a protective plant canopy had formed, about half of the moths took resting places in the lower canopy, many in withered blooms. Little mating occurred between released males and native females, probably due to the great preponderance of native males in the test area. The technique of autoradiography of native females to determine mating with released labeled males was simple and effective.
Zusammenfassung
AUSBREITUNG UND PAARUNG IM FELD BEI MÄNNCHEN DES ROTEN BAUMWOLLKAPSELWURMS, PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA, NACH MARKIERUNG MIT32P
Im Labor gezogene Männchen von P. gossypiella wurden mit 32P gefüttert, um Ausbreitung und Paarung im Baumwollfeld zu studieren. Freigelassene Falter, teils bestrahlt mit 20 Krad, teils unbestrahlt, wurden vorwiegend innerhalb von 100 m von der Freilassungsstelle gefunden. Vor Bildung eines geschlossenen Bestandes waren die Tagesruheplätze der Falter Bodenspalten an der Basis der Pflanzen. Später, wenn ein schützender, dichter Pflanzenbestand gebildet war, hatten die Falter ihre Ruheplätze etwa zur Hälfte in dem unteren Bereich des Pflanzenbestandes, davon viele in verwelkten Blüten. Zwischen freigelassenen Männchen und Freilandweibchen kam es nur zu wenig Paarungen, wahrscheinlich wegen des zahlenmässigen Übergewichts der Freilandmännchen im Gebiet. Die Technik der Autoradiographie von Freilandweibchen zur Erkennung einer Paarung mit freigelassenen, markierten Männchen war einfach und wirkungsvoll.
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