Recording effort biases the species richness cited in plant distribution atlases

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-65

  Petřík, Petr ^a   Pergl, Jan ^a   Wild, Jan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Botanical mapping; Latitudinal gradient; Scale; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VASCULAR PLANT;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 75849150544     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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