Estimating the number of species not yet described and their characteristics: The case of Western Palaearctic dung beetle species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-166

  Cabrero Sanudo F J ^a   Lobo, J M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geographic location; Geographic range size; Probability of discovery; Species description rate; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; PALEARCTIC REGION; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

APHODIINAE; COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 0037251644     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021247705018     Document Type: Article

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