Folia entomologica hungarica

Author(s): Samu, F. & Sárospataki, M.
Title: Design and use of a hand-hold suction sampler, and its comparison with sweep net and pitfall trap sampling
Year: 1995
Volume: 56
Pages: 195-203.

Abstract: The paper describes a simple design of a hand-hold suction sampler which was modified from a commercially available garden leaf blower. It also reports on a preliminary study where the range of arthropod taxa collected by the suction sampler, pitfall traps and by sweep netting, carried out in an alfalfa field and a neighbouring meadow was investigated. The three collecting methods produced significantlydifferent pictures of the arthropod communities. The principal component analysis showed that there was much overlap between catches by suction and sweep net sampling, whereas pitfall trap catches were markedly different in the composition of the various taxa caught.

Journal: Folia entomologica hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Folia ent. hung.
ISSN: 0373-9465
Publisher: ,
Editor(s): Mahunka, S.