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Efficient floristic inventory for the assessment of tropical tree diversity : A comparative test of four alternative approaches
James E. Gordon,Adrian C. Newton +1 more
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In this article, four inventory protocols (one ad hoc, one fixed count and two fixed area methods) are tested for their efficiency and statistical robustness when applied to the woody floras of a Mexican seasonally dry tropical forest.About:
This article is published in Forest Ecology and Management.The article was published on 2006-12-15. It has received 40 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Species richness.read more
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Standardization and optimization of arthropod inventories - the case of Iberian spiders.
TL;DR: This study proposes guidelines and statistical methods to improve the standardization and optimization of arthropod inventories, and proposes a standardized and optimized protocol for Iberian spiders based on such guidelines and methods.
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Identifying cost-effective indicators to assess the conservation status of forested habitats in Natura 2000 sites
TL;DR: In this paper, three monitoring methods were assessed in two N2000 sites, the Foresta del Cansiglio (IT) and the New Forest (UK): (i) sample plots, (ii) a point-transect method and (iii) a visual assessment method.
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Rapid Simultaneous Estimation of Aboveground Biomass and Tree Diversity Across Neotropical Forests: A Comparison of Field Inventory Methods
Christopher Baraloto,Christopher Baraloto,Quentin Molto,Suzanne Rabaud,Suzanne Rabaud,Bruno Hérault,Renato Valencia,Lilian Blanc,Paul V. A. Fine,Jill Thompson +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared five common plot methods differing in shape, size, and effort requirements to estimate tree diversity and aboveground tree biomass (AGB), and concluded that the 0.5 ha modified Gentry plots were the most efficient method to estimate AGB across all forest types.
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Diversity of understory plants in undisturbed and disturbed tropical lowland forests of Little Andaman Island, India
TL;DR: The alien weeds formed about one-fourth of the species richness and density in the study sites, indicating the extent of weed invasion and the attention required for effective conservation of the native biodiversity of the fragile island forest ecosystem.
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Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
Norman Myers,Russell A. Mittermeier,Cristina G. Mittermeier,Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca,Jennifer Kent +4 more
TL;DR: A ‘silver bullet’ strategy on the part of conservation planners, focusing on ‘biodiversity hotspots’ where exceptional concentrations of endemic species are undergoing exceptional loss of habitat, is proposed.
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Systematic Conservation Planning
C. R. Margules,Robert L. Pressey +1 more
TL;DR: A more systematic approach to locating and designing reserves has been evolving and this approach will need to be implemented if a large proportion of today's biodiversity is to exist in a future of increasing numbers of people and their demands on natural resources.
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TL;DR: To understand the central claims of evolutionary psychology the authors require an understanding of some key concepts in evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, philosophy of science and philosophy of mind.
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Estimating Terrestrial Biodiversity through Extrapolation
TL;DR: The importance of using 'reference' sites to assess the true richness and composition of species assemblages, to measure ecologically significant ratios between unrelated taxa, toMeasure taxon/sub-taxon (hierarchical) ratios, and to 'calibrate' standardized sampling methods is discussed.
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A new statistical approach for assessing similarity of species composition with incidence and abundance data
TL;DR: This work provides a probabilistic derivation for the classic, incidence-based forms of Jaccard and Sorensen indices of compositional similarity and proposes estimators for these indices that include the effect of unseen shared species, based on either (replicated) incidence- or abundancebased sample data.