Extrapolating species abundance across spatial scales

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5382, 1998, Pages 1513-1515

  Kunin, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GENETIC MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032483336     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5382.1513     Document Type: Article

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21. Gladiolus illyricus Surveys were conducted during July 1995 on four of the 82 50 m by 50 m cells recorded as occupied in the files of English Nature. Gladiolus illyricus populations were found in three of the cells. All individuals with two or more leaves were mapped using infrared distance measures triangulated to two fixed reference points at each site. Where individuals were within 10 cm of one another, these measurements were supplemented with nearest-neighbor distance and direction measurements.
22. Gladiolus field work was supported by the Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College, and benefited from the co-operation of the Forestry Commission and English Nature. I thank A. Shmida and J. Antonovics for raising the question, J. H. Lawton for raising the challenge, and G. H. Orians for inspiration. P. D. Sasieni, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, and two anonymous referees provided invaluable assistance and advice.