When to quit? Estimating spider species richness in a Northern European deciduous forest

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 246-273

  Scharff, Nikolaj ^a   Coddington, Jonathan A ^b   Griswold, Charles E ^c   Hormiga, Gustavo ^d   De Place Bjoørn, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneae; Beech forest; Biodiversity; Denmark; Inventory; Singletons; Species richness estimation

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 0242340535     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0246:WTQESS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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