| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Authors: | M. G. Radtke, Williamson G. B. |
| Journal: | Annals of the Entomological Society of America |
| Volume: | 98 |
| Pagination: | 548-551 |
| Keywords: | biomass, length-mass relationship, Neotropical Scarabaeidae, volume, volume-mass relationship |
| Abstract: | We compared volumetric and linear measurements as predictors for biomass in Scar- abaeidae. Linear measurements were performed with calipers. Volumetric measurements were per- formed on a battery-powered top-loading balance, by using ArchimedesÕ Principle. Of four different linear variables, the most accurate predictor of biomass was the log transformation of elytra |