Insects in Flight

Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 116-145

  Young, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic principle of use; Light traps; Simple modifications; Standard rothamsted suction trap; Trap designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349251796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470750513.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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