Cover versus biomass as an estimate of species abundance: Does it make a difference to the conclusions?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-42

  Chiarucci, A ^a   Wilson, J Bastow ^b   Anderson, Barbara J ^b   De Dominicis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Relative abundance distribution; Resource partitioning; Sampling method; Species abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0033084004     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237158     Document Type: Article

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