Species accumulation curves and the measure of sampling effort

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 484-486

  Willott, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Moths; Species richness; Trap efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0035019062     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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