Assessing non-parametric and area-based methods for estimating regional species richness

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1006-1012

  Xu, Han ^a   Liu, Shirong ^a   Li, Yide ^a   Zang, Runguo ^a   He, Fangliang ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area based methods; Estimation of species richness; Maximum entropy; Non parametric methods; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL PATTERN; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA; HAINAN; JIANFENGLING NATURE RESERVE;

EID: 84869080608     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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