When species accumulation curves intersect: Implications for ranking diversity using small samples

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 601-605

  Lande, Russell ^a,b   DeVries, Philip J ^a,c   Walla, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RANKING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0343618412     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890320.x     Document Type: Review

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