Interpolating, extrapolating, and comparing incidence-based species accumulation curves

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2717-2727

  Colwell, Robert K ^a   Chang, Xua Maon ^b   Chang, Jing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial mixture model; Coleman curve; EstimateS; Random placement; Rarefaction; Richness estimation; Richness extrapolation; Species accumulation curve; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERPOLATION; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 7544236217     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0557     Document Type: Article

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