Using Generalised Dissimilarity Models and many small samples to improve the efficiency of regional and landscape scale invertebrate sampling

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-132

  Ashcroft, Michael B ^a   Gollan, John R ^a   Faith, Daniel P ^a   Carter, Gareth A ^a   Lassau, Scott A ^a   Ginn, Scott G ^a   Bulbert, Matthew W ^a   Cassis, Gerasimos ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Generalized Dissimilarity Model; Monitoring; Semi arid area; Species richness; Survey design

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77549083966     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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