Optimising the sampling window for moth indicator communities

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 583-591

  Scalercio, Stefano ^a   Infusino, Marco ^b   Woiwod, Ian P ^c  

^a CRA Centro di Ricerca Per l'Olivicoltura e l'Industria Olearia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity indices; Flight behaviour; Light trapping; Moth sampling; Similarity indices; Species assemblage

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIVERSITY INDEX; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MOTH; SAMPLING; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 71049159234     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9206-x     Document Type: Article

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