Allen-vac: An internal collection bag retainer allows for snag-free arthropod sampling in woody scrub

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 594-596

  Osborne, Kendall H ^a   Allen, William W ^b  

^a University of California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod sampling; Biodiversity; Chaparral; Coastal sage scrub; Suction sampler; Vacuum machines

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING; SCRUB;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; SALVIA;

EID: 0032856756     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.4.594     Document Type: Article

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