Session: SysEB Section Symposium: Pitfalls, Malaise, and Hoping It All Pans Out: the State of the Art in Field Collecting Methods for Insect Biodiversity Surveys (2013 ESA Annual Meeting)

SysEB Section Symposium: Pitfalls, Malaise, and Hoping It All Pans Out: the State of the Art in Field Collecting Methods for Insect Biodiversity Surveys

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Meeting Room 6 A (Austin Convention Center)

Organizers:

Jason Mottern
Michael Forthman

8:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

8:05 AM

Collecting Chalcidoidea with limited time and space

Jason Mottern, University of California, Riverside ; John M. Heraty, University of California-Riverside

8:25 AM

From “shake and bake” to “hang to dry”: reflections on 30 years of leaf litter sampling

Robert S. Anderson, Canadian Museum of Nature

8:45 AM

Pan, malaise, and pitfall traps: modified varieties for pollinators and cave invertebrates

Joshua W. Campbell, High Point University

9:05 AM

What arthropods are in a forest’s canopy? Find out by fogging

Terry Erwin, Smithsonian Institution

9:25 AM

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9:45 AM

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10:05 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Surveillance of insects attracted to man and animals; methods and challenges

Alec Gerry, University of California, Riverside

10:35 AM

Volatile pheromones as a tool to monitor the U.S. federally threatened Valley Elderberry Borer

Ann M. Ray, University of Illinois�- Urbana/Champaign ; Richard A. Arnold, Entomological Consulting Services, Ltd ; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California ; Ian Swift, California State Collection of Arthropods

10:55 AM

Collecting leaf litter arthropods in the Ozark Highlands using pitfalls and Berlese extraction

Michael Skvarla, University of Arkansas

11:15 AM

Using malaise traps for qualitative and quantitative information

Michael Irwin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

11:35 AM

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11:55 AM

Concluding Remarks

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