A novel trap to capture ballooning spiders

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-312

  Woolley, Chris ^a   Thomas, C F George ^a   Hutchings, Linda ^a   Goodacre, Sara ^b   Hewitt, Godfrey M ^b   Brooks, Steve P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial dispersal; Bottle trap; Climbing stick; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35348949136     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/T06-33.1     Document Type: Article

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