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REACTIONS OF SMALL MAMMALS TO VITAL DYES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Charles H. Buckner
Charles H. Buckner*
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Abstract

Studies were conducted on the reactions of small mammals to the vital dyes Rhodamine B and Nile Blue. The dyes are currently in use as biological tracers for the larch sawfly. Two species of voles and two of four individual shrews reacted indiscriminately to dyed and undyed material: the reactions of the two remaining shrews varied. It was concluded that the behavior of small mammals would not affect seriously the results of field experiments using insects labeled with these dyes.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 5 , May 1968 , pp. 476 - 477
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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