Comparative performance of species-richness estimators using data from a subtropical forest tree community

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-101

  Wei, Shi guang ^a,b,c   Li, Lin ^a,b,c   Walther, Bruno A ^d   Ye, Wan hui ^a   Huang, Zhong liang ^a   Cao, Hong lin ^a   Lian, Ju Yu ^a   Wang, Zhi Gao ^a   Chen, Yu Yun ^e  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS   (France)

^e NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Chao1; Chao3; Jackknife; Species individual curves; Species richness estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; NATURE RESERVE; SIMULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA; DINGHUSHAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; GUANGDONG;

EID: 77951092223     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0633-2     Document Type: Article

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