Long-term changes in the abundance of flying insects

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-260

  Shortall, R Chris ^a   Moore, Alison ^a   Smith, Emma ^a   Hall, J Mike ^a   Woiwod, P Ian ^a   Harrington, Richard ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass; Diptera; Long term monitoring; Suction trap

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049102378     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2009.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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