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Effects of light-trap design and illumination on samples of moths in an English woodland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

L. R. Taylor  and
R. A. French
L. R. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England
R. A. French
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England
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Abstract

Operated in sheltered woodland, the samples obtained by Rothamsted tungsten-filament and Robinson mercury-vapour traps are best described by a spatial model different from that used in a site exposed to wind. Differences between the proportions of Noctuidae and Geometridae were accountable to differences in height of flight. The Rothamsted traps gave more consistent samples than the Robinson traps and averaged about onequarter the number of moths.

Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , June 1974 , pp. 583 - 594
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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