Rarefaction method for assessing plant species diversity on a regional scale

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 532-544

  Koellner, Thomas ^a   Hersperger, Anna M ^b   Wohlgemuth, Thomas ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MODELING; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 3042537399     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03832.x     Document Type: Article

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