Estimation of the walking ability of an exotic terrestrial isopod <i>Armadillidium vulgare</i> Latreille by field and laboratory measurements

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  • 野外調査と室内実験による外来性ワラジムシ類オカダンゴムシの歩行分散力の推定
  • Estimation of the walking ability of an exotic terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare Latreille by field and laboratory measurements

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Migration distance is an important determinant of the distribution area of animals and is an important factor influencing community structure. However, a few studies have reported the walking distance of terrestrial isopods. The walking distance of an exotic terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804) was analyzed by field and laboratory measurements. A mark-and-recapture field survey indicated that A. vulgare could walk 24 m per day and up to 51 m over 8 days. Moreover, this species walked about 50 m in one hour under experimental conditions (0.8 lux, 22°C). The walking ability of A. vulgare is similar to the migration distances of flying beetles and a grasshopper.

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  • Edaphologia

    Edaphologia 101 (0), 27-32, 2017

    The Japanese Society of Soil Zoology

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