Insect Ecology » Pest suppressive landscapes project http://www.insectecology.com Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:42:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Visit to Toowoomba as part of the ‘Pest suppressive landscapes’ project http://www.insectecology.com/visit-to-toowoomba-as-part-of-pest-suppressive-landscapes-project/ http://www.insectecology.com/visit-to-toowoomba-as-part-of-pest-suppressive-landscapes-project/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:23:20 +0000 Sarina http://www.insectecology.com/?p=135 We (Mick Neave and I) recently spent a few nights in Toowoomba QLD as part of the first project meeting for the ‘Pest suppressive landscapes’ project (funded by GRDC). Amongst other activities we went on a quick tour of the grain growing region around near Toowoomba to examine potential sites for this project and had a go at beat sheeting for invertebrates in native vegetation patches. Many thanks to the QLD team members for their hospitality.

Nancy, Felix and Dave selecting a shrub to beat

Nancy, Felix and Dave selecting a shrub to beat

Nancy using her 'shaking' method to collect invertebrates onto the beat sheet

Nancy using her 'shaking' method to collect invertebrates onto the beat sheet

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