Insect Population Counting and Studying Traps - recommend a good book or source for info on?

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James Des Lauriers

Hello Dan; Here is a standard field methods reference for ants. The material applies broadly.

Agosti, D, JD Majer, LE Alonso and TR Shultz 2000. Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity. Smithsonian Inst. Press. 280 pp.

Paste the title into Google Scholar and you can get a free PDF.

Best regards, Jim Des Lauriers

Todd Johnson

I would recommend "Ecological methods with particular reference to the study of insect populations" by T.R.E. Southwood.

M. Cooper

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/236020507