Distorted perception of the spatial distribution of plant diversity through uneven collecting efforts: The example of Asteraceae in Australia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2072-2080

  Schmidt Lebuhn, Alexander N ^a   Knerr, Nunzio J ^a   González Orozco, Carlos E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Australia; Biodiversity hotspots; Collection intensity; Compositae; Conservation biogeography; Diversity estimator; Environmental niche modelling; Sampling biases; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; HERBARIUM; MOUNTAIN REGION; NICHE; PERCEPTION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

ASTERACEAE;

EID: 84867732916     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02756.x     Document Type: Article

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