The importance and use of taxon sampling curves for comparative biodiversity research with forest arthropod assemblages

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-127

  Buddle, Christopher M ^a   Beguin, Julien ^a   Bolduc, Elise ^a   Mercado, Alida ^a   Sackett, Tara E ^a   Selby, R Duncan ^a   Varady Szabo, Hirondelle ^a   Zeran, Rebecca M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; SAMPLING;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 17644376943     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n04-040     Document Type: Review

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