The composite insect trap: An innovative combination trap for biologically diverse sampling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Russo, Laura ^a   Stehouwer, Rachel ^b   Heberling, Jacob Mason ^c   Shea, Katriona ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DESIGN; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FLYING;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS;

EID: 79959275319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021079     Document Type: Article

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