Species richness estimators: How many species can dance on the head of a pin?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 375-386

  O'Hara, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ACE; Chao1; Negative binomial; Poisson log normal; Taxon sampling curve

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 16244364825     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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