Estimating species richness: The Michaelis-Menten model revisited

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 411-416

  Keating, Kim A ^a   Quinn, James F ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICHAELIS-MENTEN MODEL; MODELLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0031938368     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3547060     Document Type: Review

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