Effects of weather conditions and trap types on sampling for richness and abundance of forest macrolepidoptera

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 795-811

  Butler, Linda ^b   Kondo, Vicki ^b   Barrows, Edward M ^b   Townsend, Edwin C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abundance; Macrolepidoptera; Sampling; Species richness; Traps; Weather

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAPPING;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ARCTIIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; NOTODONTIDAE;

EID: 0032741868     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.5.795     Document Type: Article

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