Standardising terrestrial invertebrate biomonitoring techniques across natural and agricultural systems

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 384-391

  Neville, Peter J ^a   Yen, Alan L ^b  

^a Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33947226157     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA05268     Document Type: Article

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