Designing a survey protocol to overcome the Wallacean shortfall: A working guide using bryophyte distribution data on Terceira Island (Azores)

Bryologist

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 611-624

  Aranda, Silvia C ^a,b   Gabriel, Rosalina ^a   Borges, Paulo A V ^a   De Azevedo, Eduardo Brito ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental diversity; inventory completeness; liverworts; mosses; species richness estimators; stratified sampling

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; GABAZA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 80054924118     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-114.3.611     Document Type: Article

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