The botanist effect: Counties with maximal species richness tend to be home to universities and botanists

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1969-1974

  Moerman, Daniel E ^a,c   Estabrook, George F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collecting bias; Comparative analysis; Distributional data; Inventory data; North American flora; Plant diversity; Plant richness; Sampling bias; Scientific behaviour; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PROBABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33749549306     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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