Separating the effects of number of individuals sampled and competition on species diversity: An experimental and analytic approach

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 983-988

  Goldberg, Deborah E ^a   Estabrook, George F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Null community; Species diversity; Species richness; Species area curves

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ISRAEL; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0032426515     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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