Can we reliably estimate species richness with large plots? an assessment through calibration training

Plant Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-315

  Archaux, Frédéric ^a   Camaret, Sylvaine ^b   Dupouey, Jean Luc ^a   Ulrich, Erwin ^c   Corcket, Emmanuel ^d   Bourjot, Laurence ^e   Brêthes, Alain ^f   Chevalier, Richard ^a   Dobremez, Jean Francois ^b   Dumas, Yann ^a   Dumé, Gérard ^g   Forêt, Marie ^g   Forgeard, Françoise ^h   Gallet, Myriam Lebret ^h   Picard, Jean François ^a   Richard, Franck ⁱ   Savoie, Jean Marie ^j   Seytre, Laurent ^k   Timbal, Jean ^a   Touffet, Jean ^h  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c Office National des Forets   (France)

^d UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^e Bourjot Environnement   (France)

^f Direction Territoriale de l'Office Nationale des Forêts   (France)

^g Inventaire Forestier National   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

ⁱ Office National des Forets   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^k Université de Rennes I ^*  (France)

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Author keywords

Calibration; Data quality; Long term monitoring; Observer effect; Plant survey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BRYOPHYTE; CALIBRATION; CENSUS; DATA QUALITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 69049084656     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9551-6     Document Type: Article

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