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Pitfall trap

A pitfall trap is a trapping pit for small animals, such as insects, amphibians and reptiles. Pitfall traps are a sampling technique, mainly used for ecology studies and ecological pest control. Animals that enter a pitfall trap are unable to escape. This is a form of passive collection, as opposed to active collection where the collector catches each…

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Avg. degree1.92
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related to Structure and composition · 6
Pitfall trap → DNA, Dry, Pitfall, The, They, Wet
related to Uses · 6
Pitfall trap → As, Collectors, Gecko, Pitfall, This, When
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Pitfall trap → trapping pit for small animals

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Pitfall trapis atrapping pit for small animals0.90text
a butterfly netinstance ofby hand or with a device0.80text
which preservative is better or worse suited to preserve DNA or morphological informationinstance ofand are other considerations0.80text
lizards.Traps may also be baitedinstance ofSome more complicated designs also include a vertebrate exclusion fence between the rain-guard and the edge of the trap to prevent bycatch of vertebrates0.80text
urban expansion or environmental remediation.Collectorsinstance ofAs a way to collect endangered species for translocation out of areas that are being disturbed by human activities0.80text
researchers of various ground-dwelling animal species may use pitfall traps to collect the animals they are interested ininstance ofAs a way to collect endangered species for translocation out of areas that are being disturbed by human activities0.80text
temperature or raininstance ofTrappability can also be affected by conditions0.80text
which may alter the animal's behaviour.The capture rate is therefore influenced not only to how abundant a given type of animal isinstance ofTrappability can also be affected by conditions0.80text
Pitfall traprelated to Structure and compositionPitfall0.60section
Pitfall traprelated to Structure and compositionThey0.60section
Pitfall traprelated to Structure and compositionDry0.60section
Pitfall traprelated to Structure and compositionWet0.60section

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