Additive partitioning of rarefaction curves: Removing the influence of sampling on species-diversity in vegetation surveys

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-139

  Clarke, K ^a   Lewis, M ^a   Ostendorf, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rarefaction curve; Sampling effort; Scale; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONDITION MONITORING; SURVEYS;

ADDITIVE PARTITIONING; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; RAREFACTION CURVE; SAMPLING EFFORTS; SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION SURVEYS;

VEGETATION;

FIELD SURVEY; RANGELAND; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION INDEX;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79954450472     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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