Effects of Sampling Intensity on the Collection of Spider (Araneae) Species and the Estimation of Species Richness

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-162

  Dobyns, John Robert ^a,b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian spiders; Richness estimation; Sampling intensity

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 0000728329     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.150     Document Type: Article

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