A terrestrial vacuum sampler for macroinvertebrates

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 302-306

  Harper, Craig A ^a   Guynn Jr , David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrates; Salamanders; Terrestrial vacuum sampler; Upland game bird management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031760222     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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