A Litter‐Bag Method for the Study of Microarthropods Inhabiting Leaf Litter

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1962 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Ecology, volume 43, pages 571-573 (issn: 0012-9658, eissn: 1939-9170,

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Authors: D. A. Crossley; Mary P. Hoglund;

doi: 10.2307/1933396

A Litter‐Bag Method for the Study of Microarthropods Inhabiting Leaf Litter

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BS>A botanical method is described for use in sampling leaf litter in studies of succession of microarthropod species. This method uses fresh leaf litter in net bags that are placed on the forest floor. Sampling at intervals permits estimates of the rates of breakdown of the litter. During such studies it was found that microarthropods invade the bags freely and can be extracted with Tullgren funnels. An anaiysis of data indicated that the bags tended to produce high populations. The use of dm/sup 2/ litter bags was found to produce best results for quantitative sampling for Tydeus sp. and possibly other species. (C.H.)

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