Measuring more of biodiversity: Can higher-taxon richness predict wholesale species richness?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 211-217

  Williams, Paul H ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biodiversity; higher taxa; indicator; species richness

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; FERN; PASSERINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; UK;

AVES; FILICOPHYTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0028179681     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(94)90612-2     Document Type: Article

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