Invertebrate community sampling of woodland field layers: Trials of two techniques involving enclosures

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-245

  Moffatt, Colin ^a   McNeill, Stuart ^b   Morton, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enclosures; Invertebrates; Pitfall trap; Tent trap; Woodland field layer

Indexed keywords

FIELD LAYER; INVERTEBRATE; SAMPLING; SAMPLING BIAS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WOODLAND;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842678418     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JICO.0000021030.30080.34     Document Type: Article

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