Sampling Methods for Water-Filled Tree Holes and Their Artificial Analogues

Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 168-185

  Yanoviak, S P ^a,b   Fincke, O M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial tree hole experiments; Artificial tree holes; Natural tree holes; Sampling of water filled tree holes; Sampling techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983059112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470750513.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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