Estimating acridid densities in grassland habitats: A comparison between presence-absence and abundance sampling designs

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1494-1503

  Badenhausser, I ^a   Amouroux, P ^a   Bretagnolle, V ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Calliptamus italicus L.; Gomphocerinae; Grasshopper; Italian locust; Sampling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GRASSHOPPERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

ACRIDIDAE; CALLIPTAMUS ITALICUS; CHORTHIPPUS; EUCHORTHIPPUS; GOMPHOCERINAE;

EID: 40549097344     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1494:EADIGH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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