Pitfalls in small-scale species-area sampling and analysis

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-287

  Dengler, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifact; Biodiversity; Power function; Review; Sampling design; Species sampling curve; Species area relationship; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; FLORISTICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 58849084966     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-008-9014-9     Document Type: Article

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