Relative efficiency of pitfall trapping and hand-collecting from plots for sampling of millipedes

摘要: Millipedes were sampled by hand-collecting from plots and pitfall trapping at three forest sites in central Tasmania. Seven days of each month over one year was less efficient than four weeks autumn, yielding fewer species specimens per working day the field. Hand-collecting is likely to provide more accurate data on diversity relative abundance for a range litter invertebrates.