Efficiency of sampling methods for accurate estimation of species richness of corticolous microlichens in the Atlantic rainforest of northeastern Brazil

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1285-1301

  Cáceres, Marcela E S ^a,b,c   Lücking, Robert ^c   Rambold, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Crustose lichens; Opportunistic sampling; Quantitative sampling; Repetitive sampling; RPPN Fazenda S o Pedro

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LICHEN; MORPHOLOGY; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45449106984     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9342-3     Document Type: Article

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