Weather-induced changes in moth activity bias measurement of long-term population dynamics from light trap samples

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-335

  Holyoak, M ^a,b   Jarosik, V ^a,c   Novak I ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Res Institute for Plant Nutrition   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Population variability; Sampling error; Time series analysis; Weather

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LIGHT TRAP; MOTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING BIAS; WEATHER;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0030787097     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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