Sampling adequacy in an extreme environment: Species richness patterns in Slovenian caves

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1209-1229

  Culver, David C ^a   Christman, Mary C ^b   Sket, Boris ^c   Trontelj, Peter ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cave fauna; Dinaric Mountains; Spatial autocorrelation; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; FAUNISTICS; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALPS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642281849     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000018153.49280.89     Document Type: Article

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