Effect of habitat type and pitfall trap installation on captures of epigaeic arthropod assemblages in the boreal forest

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 547-565

  Colin Bergeron, J A ^a   Spence, John R ^a   Jan A Volney, W ^b   Pinzon, Jaime ^a   Hartley, Dustin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; BOG; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENTOMOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; PITFALL TRAP; SPIDER; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84884264917     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2013.38     Document Type: Article

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