Do covers influence the capture efficiency of pitfall traps?

Pitfall traps are widely used in terrestrial ecology to capture ground-dwelling arthropods. In order to determine the effect of covers placed over pitfall traps on their efficiency at capturing of spiders, carabid beetles and ants, four types of pitfall trap were sunk into the ground at dry grasslan...

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Main Authors: Sascha BUCHHOLZ, Karsten HANNIG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2009-11-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200904-0026_Do_covers_influence_the_capture_efficiency_of_pitfall_traps.php