Predicting unknown species numbers using discovery curves.

A common approach to estimating the total number of extant species in a taxonomic group is to extrapolate from the temporal pattern of known species descriptions. A formal statistical approach to this problem is provided. The approach is applied to a number of global datasets for birds, ants, mosses...

Full beskrivning

Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsmän: Bebber, D, Marriott, F, Gaston, K, Harris, S, Scotland, R
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2007