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Effect of the colour of pitfall traps on their capture efficiency of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), spiders (Araneae) and other arthropods

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Temperature effects on pitfall catches of epigeal arthropods: a model and method for bias correction

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Sex-related difference in the ability of Carabus lewisianus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to escape from pitfall traps

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Effect of pitfall trap type and diameter on vertebrate by-catches and ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spider (Araneae) sampling

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