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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

On the use of open or closed traps in the capture of drosophilids

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Author(s):
Leiza Penariol [1] ; Hermione Elly Melara de Campos Bicudo [2] ; Lilian Madi-Ravazzi [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas de São José do Rio Preto. Departamento de Biologia - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas de São José do Rio Preto. Departamento de Biologia - Brasil
[3] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas de São José do Rio Preto. Departamento de Biologia - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Biota Neotropica; v. 8, n. 2, p. 0-0, 2008-06-00.
Abstract

The use of open or closed traps in order to standardize the drosophilid collection is still a matter of discussion among researchers. In this paper, comparative data of drosophilid collections, using open and closed traps are presented. The collections were made monthly, during one year, in one fragment of a semidecidual forest located in the São Paulo State, Brazil. The efficiency of the traps was evaluated by the use of community descriptors: population abundance and richness and diversity of species. Closed traps were more efficient than the open ones in relation to the population abundance and the species richness, indicating their adequacy for standardization of drosophilid collection in studies of biodiversity and seasonality. (AU)