A critique of the use of jackknife and related non-parametric techniques to estimate species richness

Community Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-157

  Melo, A S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Diversity; Log series; Rare species; Sample size; Species accumulation curve

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 10944270623     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.5.2004.2.1     Document Type: Article

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