Local frequency as a key to interpreting species occurrence data when recording effort is not known

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Hill, Mark O ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmark species; Discovery curve; Neighbourhood; Rank frequency curve; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867426049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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