Sampling adequacy estimation for plant species composition by accumulation curves-A case study of urban vegetation in Beijing, China

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Zhao, Juanjuan ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a   Xu, Weihua ^a   Zheng, Hua ^a   Meng, Xuesong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Rarefaction curve; Sampling effort; Sampling strategy; Urban ecology; Urban green space; Urban plants

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

RAREFACTION CURVE; SAMPLING EFFORTS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN GREEN SPACES; URBAN PLANTS;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

GREENSPACE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

CITIES; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SAMPLING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 77549085776     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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