Ahmed, Danish A.Beidas, AyahPetrovskii, Sergei V.Bailey, Joseph D.Bonsall, Michael B.Hood, Amelia S.C.Byers, John A.Hudgins, Emma J.Russell, James C.Růžičková, JanaBodey, Thomas W.Renault, DavidBonnaud, ElsaHaubrock, Phillip J.Soto, IsmaelHaase, Peter2023-11-222023-11-222023-11Ahmed, D A, Beidas, A, Petrovskii, S V, Bailey, J D, Bonsall, M B, Hood, A S C, Byers, J A, Hudgins, E J, Russell, J C, Růžičková, J, Bodey, T W, Renault, D, Bonnaud, E, Haubrock, P J, Soto, I & Haase, P 2023, 'Simulating capture efficiency of pitfall traps based on sampling strategy and the movement of ground-dwelling arthropods', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 2827-2843. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.141742041-210Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2164/22247Funding Information: DAA is funded by the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) internal seed fund, grant award no. 234597. SP was partially supported by EPSRC, UK through Project EP/T027371/1. DR is funded by the ASICS project (ANR‐20‐EBI5‐004, BiodivERsA, BiodivClim call 2019–2020), and the French Polar Institute (Project 136‐SUBANTECO). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Methods in Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society.161865586engarthropod movementcapture efficiencydiffusioninter-trap spacingpitfall trappingrandom walksampling strategyspatial arrangementGE Environmental SciencesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcological ModellingGEJournal article10.1111/2041-210X.14174http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85172097790&partnerID=8YFLogxK1411