Discovering and rediscovering the sample-based rarefaction formula in the ecological literature

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-123

  Chiarucci, A ^a   Bacaro, G ^a   Rocchini, D ^a   Fattorini, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological statistics; Sampling effort; Species accumulation curve; Species rarefaction curve; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DETECTION METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 49249113020     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.1.14     Document Type: Article

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