A pitfall trap for large-scale trapping of Carabidae: Comparison against conventional design, using two different preservatives

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-253

  Lemieux, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Lindgren, B Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine; Coleoptera; Ethylene glycol; Ground beetles

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESIGN; PITFALL TRAP;

ADVENA; AMPHIBIA; CALATHUS ADVENA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ELAPHRUS AMERICANUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032802438     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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