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The structure of locomotor activity in bilobectomized cockroaches (Blaberus fuscus)

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The aperiodic activity patterns of bilobectomized cockroaches can largely be described by simple stochastic regularities: a) there are no correlations between the lengths of successive activity bursts and rest pauses, b) the probabilities for the transition from activity to rest and from rest to activity are time-independent. The activity sequence is strongly influenced by singular temperature steps or temperature cycles.

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  1. Zoologisches Institut der Universität, Badestrasse 9, D-44, Münster-Westfalen, Federal Republic of Germany

    R. Lukat & F. Weber

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Lukat, R., Weber, F. The structure of locomotor activity in bilobectomized cockroaches (Blaberus fuscus). Experientia 35, 38–39 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01917862

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