Efficient biodiversity monitoring: Which taxonomic level to study?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-104

  Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^a   Mazaris, Antonios D ^b   Tsakanikas, Dimitrios ^a   Dimopoulos, Panayotis ^a   Pantis, John D ^b   Sgardelis, Stefanos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Avian biodiversity; Breeding birds; Higher taxon approach; Monitoring; Sampling design; Sampling resolution; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

AVIAN BIODIVERSITY; HIGHER TAXON APPROACH; SAMPLING DESIGN; SAMPLING RESOLUTION; TAXONOMIC SUFFICIENCY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; MONITORING;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LIMITING FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 81755184748     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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