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individual-based rarefaction — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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individual-based rarefaction

Scope: methodological

Papers: 5 | Mentions: 5

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Knowledge graph centered on individual-based rarefaction with 71 nodes and 169 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, I. aggregata.

Definition

Statistical method to compare species richness across samples by generating accumulation curves based on individual encounters

Related Terms (4)

rarefaction analysisindividual-based rarefactionrarefaction techniquerarefaction diversity indices

Publications (5)

Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021Oecologiameasured

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Can rarefaction be used to estimate song repertoire size in birds?

2011Current Zoologycentral

The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

Sampling stream invertebrates using electroshocking techniques: implications for basic and applied research

2001Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Scienceframework

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plant-pollinator mutualism

process3 shared papers

species diversity

metric2 shared papers

niche breadth

theory2 shared papers

sampling efficiency

metric2 shared papers

drought stress

process1 shared paper

lecty

measurement1 shared paper

electroshocking

process1 shared paper

depletion sampling

framework1 shared paper

benthic community sampling

methodological1 shared paper

EPT taxa

measurement1 shared paper

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B. appositus

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Bombus

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Bombus appositus

B. vosnesenskii

B. rufocinctus

Osmia

Megachilidae2 papers