Designing a cost-effective invertebrate survey: A test of methods for rapid assessment of biodiversity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 594-607

  Oliver, Ian ^a   Beattie, Andrew J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Ants; Beetles; Beta diversity; Biodiversity; Cost effective; Inventories; Morphospecies; Sampling methods; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PSELAPHIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATE SURVEY; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0030411202     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269394     Document Type: Article

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