A plough technique for sampling soil insects

RJ. Roberts; James Ridsdill-Smith

doi:10.2307/2402443

A plough technique for sampling soil insects

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A plough transect technique is described for the rapid sampling of scarabaeid beetle larvae in pastures. The plough data (number of larvae per unit length of furrow) are calibrated for each stage and species of insect by establishing regression relations between furrow counts of larvae and the actual numbers present in the soil as found by handsorting of core samples. With this equipment populations with highly aggregated distributions can be sampled, and it is possible to detect aggregations of larvae in pastures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	427-430
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Applied Ecology
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2402443
Publication status	Published - Aug 1972
Externally published	Yes

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A plough technique for sampling soil insects

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