Evaluation of beetle capture in traps as compared with manual capture on flowers in a long-term investigation in a beech forest

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 233-236

  Sakakibara, Yoichi ^a   Yamane, Akiomi ^a   Iwata, Ryûtarô ^a   Yamada, Fusao ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Coleoptera; Fauna; Flower; Trap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011386654     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348321     Document Type: Article

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