[Odonata-l] Moore 1960

[Richard Rowe]

At 04:14 AM 4/07/2006, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>Does anyone have a full citation for this study?  I can't find it in any of
>the usual places.
>---
>The experiment of Moore (1960) in which marked individuals of  Ceriagrion
>and  Ischnura were reciprocally displaced between habitats and did not
>subsequently return to their points of origin, does not demonstrate a lack
>of homing ability. If employing some compass orientation alone, insects so
>displaced would subsequently home to the new habitat, which is what, in
>fact, Moore's results indicated was happening.
>---

Your quotation from Corbet 1962 ('63 if the Quadrangle printing) references 
this as Moore (1960) in Corbet, Longfield and Moore (1960) Dragonflies. 
Collins. ... where it is on pp129-30. Plate VIIIa is also of use - the 
sites were about 140m apart.

This book is now relatively uncommon (despite a reprinting), would you like 
the paragraph transcribed?

Richard Rowe


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