Effects of sample standardization on mean species detectabilities and estimates of relative differences in species richness among assemblages

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-395

  Cao, Yong ^a   Hawkins, Charles P ^a   Larsen, David P ^b   Van Sickle, John ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lincoln Petersen model; Mean species detectability; Sample representativeness; Species richness; Species occurrence distributions; Statistical estimators

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548181560     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520117     Document Type: Article

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