Is 'sampling effect' a problem for experiments investigating biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships?

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 403-407

  Wardle, David A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SAMPLING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0032714969     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546757     Document Type: Review

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