Ad-Hoc vs. standardized and optimized arthropod diversity sampling

Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-51

  Cardoso, Pedro ^a,b   Crespo, Luís C ^c   Carvalho, Rui ^d   Rufino, Ana C ^c   Henriques, Sérgio S ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abundance classes; Accumulation curves; Araneae; Biodiversity assessment; Iberian peninsula; Portugal; Rank abundance curves; Species richness estimators

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 77953987113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d1010036     Document Type: Article

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