;"Helpful factors";"Harmful factors"
"Internal factors";Strengths;Weaknesses
"– Handy (small and light) sampling device";"– Small sampling unit (0.16 m2)"
"– Inexpensive (< 50 €)";"– High number of repetitions per site required"
"– Easy and quick use";"– Complementary monitoring required"
"– One operator needed";"– Few methodological literature available"
"– Capture method"
"– Standardized sampling unit"
"– Species richness and abundance data"
"– Sex ratio data"
"– Life-history data (adult/immature stages)"
"External factors";Opportunities;Threats
"– Suitability for challenging and/or less accessible environments";"– Underestimates in species richness"
"– Suitability for inexperienced operators";"– Underestimates in population density"
"– Suitability for high orthopteran densities";"– Biased community composition data"
"– Suitability for random sampling";"– Lack of comparability among grassland sites"
"– Suitability for community ecology";"– Lack of comparability with standard box-based samplings (≥ 1 m2)"
"– Independence from grass height*";"– Uncertain relationship between population density and species’ mobility*"
"– Independence from species’ mobility*"