CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF MACROLEPIDOPTERA INDIVIDUALS AND SPECIES CAUGHT BY LIGHT-TRAP, IN CONNECTION WITH THE GEOMAGNETIC M-INDEX

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László Nowinszky
University of West Hungary, Savaria University Centre H-9700-Szombathely, Károlyi Gáspár Square 4. Hungary
János Puskás
University of West Hungary, Savaria University Centre H-9700-Szombathely, Károlyi Gáspár Square 4.

Abstract

The authors studied the number of Macrolepidoptera individuals and species caught by light-trap, in relationship with the geomagnetic M-index.

A correlation was found between the averaged geomagnetic M-index values measured at night, and the number of individuals and species caught by light-trap in the Kámon Botanic Garden (Hungary).

The authors studied the number of Macrolepidoptera individuals and species caught by light-trap, in relationship with the geomagnetic M-index.

A correlation was found between the averaged geomagnetic M-index values measured at night, and the number of individuals and species caught by light-trap in the Kámon Botanic Garden (Hungary).

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Nowinszky, L., & Puskás, J. (2016). CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF MACROLEPIDOPTERA INDIVIDUALS AND SPECIES CAUGHT BY LIGHT-TRAP, IN CONNECTION WITH THE GEOMAGNETIC M-INDEX. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 21, 39-47. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.159421
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