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Pitfall Trapping

Pitfall Trapping is a field sampling method in forest entomology that involves placing containers flush with the soil surface to passively capture ground-dwelling insects through interception of their natural movement.

1.8K

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80K

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4.5K

Authors

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2017–2026

286

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Pitfall Sampling

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Publications

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Post‐fire recovery of ant communities in Submediterranean <i>Pinus nigra</i> forests

Anselm Rodrigo, Javier Retana · Ecography · 2005 · 1.5K citations

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Pitfall Trapping as a Method for Studying Populations of Carabidae (Coleoptera)

P. J. M. Greenslade · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1964 · 751 citations

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THE MAMMALS OF PARACOU, FRENCH GUIANA: A NEOTROPICAL LOWLAND RAINFOREST FAUNA PART 2. NONVOLANT SPECIES

Robert S. Voss, Darrin P. Lunde, Nancy B. Simmons · Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History · 2001 · 690 citations · Full text

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Invasion of Polygyne Fire Ants Decimates Native Ants and Disrupts Arthropod Community

Sanford D. Porter, Dolores A. Savignano · Ecology · 1990 · 658 citations

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Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Dung and Carrion Beetle Communities in Central Amazonia

Bert C. Klein · Ecology · 1989 · 645 citations

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Authors

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  1. AN
    Alan N. Andersen

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    22 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. JN
    Jari Niemelä

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    16 publications · 2K citations

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  3. CM
    Christopher M. Buddle

    McGill University, Canada

    16 publications · 802 citations

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  4. JR
    John R. Spence

    University of Alberta, Canada

    14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. JM
    Jonathan Majer

    Curtin University, Australia

    11 publications · 480 citations

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Institutions

1.4K

  1. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    20 h-index

    36 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    19 h-index

    57 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    18 h-index

    55 publications

    4.8K citations

  4. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    48 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    16 h-index

    40 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Universidade Federal de Lavras

    Lavras, Brazil

    16 h-index

    46 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    3K citations

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Venues

  1. Environmental Entomology

    136 publications · 5.5K citations

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  2. Ecography

    35 publications · 3.8K citations

    30

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  3. Journal of Biogeography

    28 publications · 2.5K citations

    25

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  4. Journal of Economic Entomology

    46 publications · 1.5K citations

    25

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  5. European Journal of Entomology

    32 publications · 1.1K citations

    22

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