Testing species-richness estimation methods on single-sample collection data using the Danish Diptera

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 667-686

  Petersen, Frederik Torp ^a   Meier, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ACE; Chaol; Denmark; Diptera; Estimation; Insects; Lognormal; Museum collections; Poisson lognormal; Single sample; Species richness; Species area curve

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0037377277     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022495610021     Document Type: Article

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