Multiscale sampling of plant diversity: Effects of minimum mapping unit size

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1064-1074

  Stohlgren, Thomas J ^a   Chong, Geneva W ^a   Kalkhan, Mohammed A ^a   Schell, Lisa D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Jaccard's coefficients; Keystone ecosystems; Minimum mapping unit; Modified Whittaker plot; Species overlap; Species area curves; Vascular plant diversity

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030728804     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1064:MSOPDE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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