Attraction to light-from how far do moths (Lepidoptera) return to weak artificial sources of light?

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-84

  Truxa, Christine ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attraction range; Lepidoptera; Low power light traps; Mark release recapture

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOTH;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84865158749     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2012.010     Document Type: Article

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