Standardization and optimization of arthropod inventories-the case of Iberian spiders

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3949-3962

  Cardoso, Pedro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneae; Mediterranean; Methodology; Optimization algorithms; Portugal; Rapid biodiversity assessment; Sampling; Spain; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; STANDARDIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 71049143236     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9690-7     Document Type: Article

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