Preliminary evaluation of sampling strategies to estimate the species richness of diurnal, terrestrial birds using Monte Carlo simulation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-27

  Neave, H M ^a   Cunningham, R B ^a   Norton, T W ^a   Nix, H A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diurnal terrestrial birds; Gradsect; Monte Carlo simulation; Sampling strategies; South east Australia; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; REGIONAL SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STRATEGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 0030618318     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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