Bias in freshwater biodiversity sampling: The case of Iberian water beetles

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 754-762

  Sánchez Fernández, David ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^b   Abellán, Pedro ^a,b   Ribera, Ignacio ^b   Millán, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Completeness; Data base; Freshwater biodiversity; Iberian Peninsula; Sampling bias; Water beetles

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 49549086364     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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