Grids versus regional species lists: Are broad-scale patterns of species richness robust to the violation of constant grain size?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3127-3137

  Keil, Petr ^a   Hawkins, Bradford A ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklist; Europe; Evapotranspiration; Grid; Shape; Species richness; Species area; Topography

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DRAGONFLY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN SIZE; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 70350352929     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9631-5     Document Type: Article

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