Inference methods for spatial variation in species richness and community composition when not all species axe detected

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1390-1398

  Nichols, James D ^a   Boulinier, Thierry ^a,b   Hines, James E ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^b   Sauer, John R ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0032425509     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97331.x     Document Type: Article

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