Once-yearly sampling for the detection of trends in biodiversity: The case of Willow Slough, California

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2012-2019

  O'Brien, Joshua M ^a   Thorne, James H ^a   Rosenzweig, Michael L ^b   Shapiro, Arthur M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Citizen science; Diversity; Fisher's alpha; Life history; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DETECTION METHOD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIFE HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STANDARDIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOLO COUNTY;

PAPILIONOIDEA; SALIX;

EID: 79957652660     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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