Undersampling bias: The null hypothesis for singleton species in tropical arthropod surveys

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-584

  Coddington, Jonathan A ^a   Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b   Miller, Jeremy A ^d   Kuntner, Matjaž ^a,c   Hormiga, Gustavo ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneae; Guyana; Neutral theory; Sampling intensity; Species richness estimation; Spiders

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRYPSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFESTYLE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SAMPLING BIAS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SPIDER; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION BIAS; SEX RATIO; SPIDERS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 63849090318     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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