Relative efficiency of pitfall trapping and hand-collecting from plots for sampling of millipedes |
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Authors: | Robert Mesibov Robert J Taylor Raymond N Brereton |
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Institution: | (1) P.O. Box 700, 7320 Burnie, Tasmania, Australia;(2) Forest Practices Unit, Forestry Tasmania, 30 Patrick Street, 7001 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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Abstract: | Millipedes were sampled by hand-collecting from plots and by pitfall trapping at three forest sites in central Tasmania. Seven days of pitfall trapping each month over one year was less efficient than four weeks of hand-collecting in autumn, yielding fewer species and fewer specimens per working day in the field. Hand-collecting is likely to provide more accurate data on species diversity and relative abundance for a range of litter invertebrates. |
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Keywords: | millipedes Diplopoda sampling pitfall trapping hand-collecting tasmania |
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