Evaluating leaf litter beetle data sampled by Winkler extraction from Atlantic forest sites in southern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-266

  Hopp, Philipp Werner ^a   Caron, Edilson ^b   Ottermanns, Richard ^a   Roß Nickoll, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Comparison; Pitfall traps; Sampling method; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 79960903330     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262011000200017     Document Type: Article

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