The effects of scale and sample size on the accuracy of spatial predictions of tiger beetle (Cicindelidae) species richness

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-414

  Carroll, Steven S ^a   Pearson, David L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; GEOSTATISTICS; SAMPLING; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0031818885     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00405.x     Document Type: Article

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