Effects of habitat structure and lid transparency on pitfall catches

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 875-882

  Phillips, Iain D ^a   Cobb, Tyler P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carabid beetles; Pitfall traps; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; PITFALL TRAP;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 23644433490     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.4.875     Document Type: Article

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