Title: Modelling the light trap catch results of different caddisfly species under different intensities of solar flares

Authors: Márta Ladányi; János Puskás; László Nowinszky; Ottó Kiss

Addresses: Department of Biometrics and Agricultural Informatics, Corvinus University of Budapest, H-1118 Budapest, Villányi Street 29, Hungary ' University of West Hungary, Savaria University Centre, H-9700 Szombathely Károlyi G. Square 4, Hungary ' Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, H-3300 Eger Eszterházy Square 1, Hungary ' Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, H-3300 Eger Eszterházy Square 1, Hungary

Abstract: The paper deals with connections between solar flare activities and light-trap catch of caddisfly (Trichoptera) species. We worked on our own collected data from the years 1980-2000. With the help of nonlinear regression, we have found a special characteristic curve with two peaks which was followed practically by all species collected in different similarity groups of specialities. Thus, by evaluating the light-trap catches a strong modifying effect of solar flares has to be considered. We think about it as an open problem to reveal and ask the researchers worldwide to present their observation results and discuss about this.

Keywords: caddisflies; Trichoptera; light traps; abiotic factors; solar flares; Q-index; nonlinear regression modelling; moths; relative catch; open problem; caddisfly species; light-trap catches.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSAMI.2015.075045

International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, 2015 Vol.1 No.4, pp.301 - 316

Received: 31 Mar 2015
Accepted: 28 Sep 2015
Published online: 01 Mar 2016 *

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