Inventory and Bioindicator Sampling: Testing Pitfall and Winkler Methods with Ants in a South African Savanna

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Journal of Insect Conservation

• Publication date

  2001-06-19

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1011311418962
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