How should regional biodiversity be monitored?

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 601-626

  Buckland, S T ^a   Baillie, S R ^b   Dick, J McP ^c   Elston, D A ^d   Magurran, A E ^a   Scott, E M ^e   Smith, R I ^c   Somerfield, P J ^f   Studeny, A C ^a   Watt, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Biomathematics and Statistics   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Convention on biological diversity; Diversity profiling; Monitoring; Survey design

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRECISION; SURVEY DESIGN;

EID: 84870368524     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-012-0202-7     Document Type: Review

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