Models and estimators linking individual-based and sample-based rarefaction, extrapolation and comparison of assemblages

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-21

  Colwell, Robert K ^a   Chao, Anne ^b   Gotelli, Nicholas J ^c   Lin, Shang Yi ^b   Mao, Chang Xuan ^d   Chazdon, Robin L ^a   Longino, John T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bernoulli product model; Coleman curve; multinomial model; Poisson model; random placement; species area relation

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84862908094     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtr044     Document Type: Article

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