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Certain methodical aspects of experiments studying the nutrition of caterpillars of the Gypsy moth

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It is shown that there are a number of factors that are important to consider when planning the experiments on studying the trophic parameters of the caterpillars of the Gypsy moth, first of all, the population characteristics of the species including the sex and age structure that change annually. The final results of the study are also influenced by some procedures during the experiments, particularly, the duration (especially in the longest instars of the caterpillars) and volume of the sampling, which is supposed to grow as the caterpillars instar increases. The expediency is examined for using the individual growing of the caterpillars to study the species nutrition.

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Original Russian Text © E.M. Andreeva, 2012, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 57–64.

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Andreeva, E.M. Certain methodical aspects of experiments studying the nutrition of caterpillars of the Gypsy moth. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 5, 40–45 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425512010055

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