Effects of sampling protocol on the shapes of species richness curves

Aim  Scheiner (Journal of Biogeography, 2009, 36, 2005–2008) criticized several issues regarding the typology and analysis of species richness curves that were brought forward by Dengler (Journal of Biogeography, 2009, 36, 728–744). In order to test these two sets of views in greater detail, we used a simulation model of ecological communities to demonstrate the effects of different sampling schemes on the shapes of species richness curves and their extrapolation capability.

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