Author/Editor		Zidar, Primož; Kaschl, Ulf Iskender; Drobne, Damjana; Božič, Janko; Štrus, Jasna
Title		Behavioural response in paired food choice experiments with Oniscus asellus (Crustacea, Isopoda) as an indicator of different food quality
Type		članek
Source		Arh Hig Rada Toksikol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 54, št. 3
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 177-81
Language		eng
Abstract		This paper describes a study of behavioural response in terrestrial isopod Oniscus asellus when offered two food pellets of different quality. One group had a choice of sterilised food and food pellets covered with mould. The other group had a choice of uncontaminated and cadmium-dosed food. During the behavioural test, the animals were monitored by a video camera and each visit to food pellets and time spent around it was counted. The results show that animals spent significantly less time near sterilised and cadmium-dosed food than with uncontaminated or mould-covered food. Discrimination between offered food pellets showed that avoidance behaviour can be used as an indicator of different food quality
Descriptors		FEEDING BEHAVIOR FOOD CONTAMINATION CADMIUM CRUSTACEA VIDEO RECORDING