A quick estimator for taxonomic surveys

Authors
Solow, AR Polasky, S
Citation
Ar. Solow et S. Polasky, A quick estimator for taxonomic surveys, ECOLOGY, 80(8), 1999, pp. 2799-2803
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
ECOLOGY
ISSN journal
00129658 → ACNP
Volume
80
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2799 - 2803
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9658(199912)80:8<2799:AQEFTS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The problem considered in this paper is to use the results of an initial ta xonomic survey to estimate the expected number of new species that would be observed in a second survey. A quick estimator that is easy to calculate i s proposed. Some results are presented suggesting that the estimator perfor ms well in some situations.