Using subsets of species in biodiversity surveys

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-169

  Vellend, Mark ^a   Lilley, Patrick L ^a   Starzomski, Brian M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity survey; Sampling design; Species composition; Species diversity; Statistical power; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURROGATE METHOD; SURVEY;

EID: 38349090166     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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