A comparison of vacuum sampling versus sweep-netting for arthropod biodiversity measurements in California coastal sage scrub

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-106

  Buffington, M L ^a   Redak, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELD METHOD; SAMPLING;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 0032406928     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009653021706     Document Type: Article

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