Canopy versus epigeal beetle species differential diversity and feeding ecological characteritics employing light-based trapping methods across different oil palm age stand types

• Main Authors: Ahmad Bukhary Ahmad Khair, Mohd Fauzi Mohd Muzamil, Ruslan Md Yusop, Noor Hisham Hamid, Mohd Yusri Mohd. Naser, Izfa Riza Hazmi, Abu Hassan Ahmad, Idris Abdul Ghani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13038/1/22871-66092-1-SM.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13038/; http://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1063/showToc
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Suitability of canopy-height light trap tailored from both primary and secondary tropical forests was compared with the newly modified pit-light trap within the context of oil palm plantation of various age stand types and across different seasons. Beetle species were chosen as the representative of...