Pitfall-trap survey of ground-dwelling arthropods for the statewide forest insect monitoring programme in Baden-Württemberg

Summary

The Forestry Research and Forest Ecology Institute of Baden-Württemberg is procuring pitfall-trap surveys of ground-dwelling arthropods for its statewide forest insect monitoring programme. The contract has two regional lots covering 18 plots each, or 36 plots in total. Work includes installing and emptying traps, sorting samples into four arthropod groups, measuring biomass, and recording vegetation structure; springtails are to be sorted separately at 10 plots.