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Active search and collection equipment and techniques

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Equipment, set-ups and techniques » Active search and collection equipment and techniques

A rapid flotation-sieving technique for extracting nematodes from soil

By D. W. Byrd, Jr, C. J. Nusbaum, and K. R. Barker
Plant Disease Reporter, Vol. 50: 954-956, 1966

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 4 December, 2016 - 6:29pm

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Efficiency of extraction of nematodes by flotation-sieving using molasses and sugar and by elutriation

By R. Rodriguez-Kabana and Peggy S. King
Journal of Nematology, Volume 7, No. 1, 1975

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 3 December, 2016 - 8:02pm

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Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity

By Howell V. Daly, John T. Doyen, Alexander H. Purcell III
Oxford University Press, 1998

A very good textbook for initial research and learning about insects. It lays a nice foundation.

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Contributed by Marci Hess on 28 September, 2023 - 9:48am

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Farming with Soil Life

By Jennifer Hopwood, Stephanie Frischie, Emily May, and Eric Lee-Mader
SARE, 2021

This book can be downloaded or purchased. It offers family overviews of inverts living in our soil and how they benefit our soil.

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Contributed by Marci Hess on 18 September, 2023 - 10:31am

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Insects and the Plant Surface

By Barrie Juniper and Sir Richard Southwood
Edward Arnold Ltd, 1986

Understanding how the surface of a plant affects an insects explains some insect behavior. The surface is a protective mechanism for the plant in various ways. As related to insects, it repels, attracts, and protects. It explains why some insects prefer undersides of leaves for ovipositing or why large leaves are more preferred; these are examples of the myriad of variables.

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Contributed by Marci Hess on 12 September, 2023 - 9:45am

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Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants

By Pierre Jolivet
CRC Press, 1998

Provides a nice overview of plant and insect relationships, discussing mechanical, structural, and chemical attractants, stimulants, and diversions.

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Contributed by Marci Hess on 11 September, 2023 - 7:46am

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Hidden Company that Trees Keep: Life from Treetops to Root Tips

By James B. Nardi
Princeton University Press, 2023

A delightful, easy-to-read book that details insects and other wildlife that use our trees.

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Contributed by Marci Hess on 7 September, 2023 - 12:52pm

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The Light & Smith manual: Intertidal invertebrates from Central California to Oregon, 4th edition

By Carlton J.T., ed.
UC Press, Berkeley‒Los Angeles‒London. 1019 pp., 2007

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Contributed by v belov on 29 August, 2023 - 9:19pm

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