Extrapolating species abundance across spatial scales Export

@article{Jnl907076147, abstract = {The analysis, measurement, and management of species abundance is central to ecology and conservation biology, but it has proved difficult to find a single index that adequately reflects the commonness or rarity of species across a range of spatial scales. Here, a scale-independent measure of species abundance is developed, using presence-absence maps at varying spatial resolutions. By extrapolating such "scale-area" curves, species abundance can be estimated accurately even at scales finer than those used to parameterize the model, a task that had previously been deemed impossible in principle.}, author = {Kunin, W. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {730977}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5382.1513}, doi = {10.1126/science.281.5382.1513}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {abundance, biodiversity, mdb, plants, rarity, resolution, scale, uk}, number = {5382}, pages = {1513--1515}, posted-at = {2006-07-02 15:07:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Extrapolating species abundance across spatial scales}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5382.1513}, volume = {281}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - Jnl907076147 L3 - citeulike-article-id:730977 N2 - The analysis, measurement, and management of species abundance is central to ecology and conservation biology, but it has proved difficult to find a single index that adequately reflects the commonness or rarity of species across a range of spatial scales. Here, a scale-independent measure of species abundance is developed, using presence-absence maps at varying spatial resolutions. By extrapolating such "scale-area" curves, species abundance can be estimated accurately even at scales finer than those used to parameterize the model, a task that had previously been deemed impossible in principle. IS - 5382 JF - Science EP - 1515 TI - Extrapolating species abundance across spatial scales VL - 281 SP - 1513 KW - abundance KW - biodiversity KW - mdb KW - plants KW - rarity KW - resolution KW - scale KW - uk AU - Kunin, WE PY - 1998/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5382.1513 ER -