Large variation of suction sampling efficiency depending on arthropod groups, species traits, and habitat properties

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-243

  Sanders, Dirk ^a   Entling, Martin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Collecting techniques; Grassland; Heat extraction; Hunting mode; Spiders; Suction sampler

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GRASSLAND; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEADOW; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; CURCULIONOIDEA; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPODA; STAPHYLINIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 79551551089     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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