Comparison of two methods for sampling invertebrates: Vacuum and sweep-net sampling;Comparación de dos métodos para muestrear invertebrados: aspiradoras y redes de barrido

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Doxon, Elizabeth D ^a   Davis, Craig A ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body length; Dietrick vacuum; Grassland; Invertebrate; Oklahoma; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; AVES; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 79951992170     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2010.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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