Using citizen science to estimate lichen diversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Casanovas, Paula ^a   Lynch, Heather J ^b   Fagan, William F ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation of biodiversity; Lichen Biomonitoring Project; Occupancy model; Parataxonomy; Photographic survey; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNGUS; LICHEN; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84893517663     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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