Do covers influence the capture efficiency of pitfall traps?

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 667-671

  Buchholz, Sascha ^a   Hannig, Karsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneae; Carabidae; Formicidae; Invertebrate sampling; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; METHODOLOGY; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953941133     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.083     Document Type: Article

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