Monitoring arthropods in a tropical landscape: Relative effects of sampling methods and habitat types on trap catches

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-118

  Missa, Olivier ^a   Basset, Yves ^b   Alonso, Alfonso ^c   Miller, Scott E ^c   Curletti, Gianfranco ^d   De Meyer, Marc ^e   Eardley, Connal ^f   Mansell, Mervyn W ^g   Wagner, Thomas ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

^e ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^f PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^h University of Pretoria ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Biological monitoring; Gabon; Indicator value index; Insect trap

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTHROPOD; BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TRAPPING; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; GAMBA; OGOOUE MARITIME; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58149394066     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9130-5     Document Type: Article

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