The assessment of populations of soil-inhabiting invertebrates

The Effects of Glyphosate and Multrazine on the Abundance and Diversity of Soil Microarthropods at the University Park, University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria

“…Extraction of micro arthropods: Soil micro arthropods were extracted from the soil samples by a modified Berlese-Tullgren Funnel method [14,18,19]. The set of soil samples collected were removed from the nylon bags and placed over a fine wire mesh screen at the top of the funnels where they were immediately exposed to 60-watt light bulbs on the funnels for 7 days with periodic observation to ensure that dead bulbs were replaced.…”

“…This downward movement eventually causes them to fall through the sieve into small vials of 70% alcohol attached to the base of each funnel. This method is the best technique for extracting soil micro arthropods with an efficiency of about 90% [18][19][20] and it also allows for an affordable and effective micro arthropods extraction at a low cost. The extractions were terminated seven days after each sampling throughout the period of the study and collection vials containing micro arthropods were removed for sorting and identification.…”

Diversity of edaphic Rhodacaroid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Rhodacaroidea) in natural ecosystems in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

“…Soil and litterinhabiting mites are highly diverse and ubiquitous, with the most conspicuous groups being the orders Oribatida and Mesostigmata (Wallwork 1970(Wallwork , 1983Edwards, 1991;Krantz & Ainscough 1990). The mesostigmatic superfamily Rhodacaroidea comprises five families, three of which have strong ties to edaphic habitats, the Ologamasidae, Rhodacaridae and Digamasellidae (Lee 1970, Krantz 1978, Evans 1992).…”

A Non‐destructive Sampling Technique for Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Turf

“…Techniques to assess the population density of soil-dwelling arthropods are well established for many species (Murphy 1962;Edwards 1991). Those used for pest sampling within turf and lawn include coring tools, pitfall traps, sweep netting, suction sampling, heat extraction and indirect techniques such as the presence of parasitic ichneumonid and braconid wasps (Tashiro 1987;Potter and Braman 1991).…”