Sampling procedures and species estimation: Testing the effectiveness of herbarium data against vegetation sampling in an oceanic island

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-280

  Garcillán, Pedro P ^a   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guadalupe Island; Herbarium specimens; Richness estimation; Sampling process; Species abundance distributions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; FLORISTICS; HERBARIUM; NEW SPECIES; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; GUADALUPE ISLAND; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79952164909     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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