A pitfall trap for carrion ecology studies

Biologia

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 575-577

  Kočárek, Petr ^a,b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Carrion; Coleontera; Dintera; Necrobiont insects; Pitfall trapping; Techniques

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 17544367169     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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