Improving inventory efficiency: A case study of leaf-litter ant diversity in Madagascar

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 714-731

  Fisher, Brian L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Complementarity; Conservation; Diversity; Extrapolation; Madagascar; Pitfall method; Rain forest; Species accumulation curve; Species richness; Surrogate taxa; Winkler method

Indexed keywords

ANT; LEAF LITTER; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

HYMENOPTERA; HYPOPONERA; PHEIDOLE; STRUMIGENYS; TETRAMORIUM;

EID: 0033135197     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0714:IIEACS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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