Estimating global arthropod species richness: Refining probabilistic models using probability bounds analysis

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-365

  Hamilton, Andrew J ^a   Novotný, Vojtech ^b,c   Waters, Edward K ^d   Basset, Yves ^e   Benke, Kurt K ^f   Grimbacher, Peter S ^a   Miller, Scott E ^g   Samuelson, G Allan ^h   Weiblen, George D ⁱ   Yen, Jian D L ^j   Stork, Nigel E ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^f Parkville Centre   (Australia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^h BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Host specificity; Model; Monte Carlo; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOST SPECIFICITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84872597729     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2434-5     Document Type: Article

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