Optimising bait for pitfall trapping of Amazonian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae).

The accurate sampling of communities is vital to any investigation of ecological processes and biodiversity. Dung beetles have emerged as a widely used focal taxon in environmental studies and can be sampled quickly and inexpensively using baited pitfalls. Although there is now a wealth of available...

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Main Authors: Charles J Marsh, Julio Louzada, Wallace Beiroz, Robert M Ewers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3758266?pdf=render