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Estimating species richness over a certain geographic region becomes a problem of sampling enough area to reach the plateau of the true species-area curve. Sampling efficiency is then achieved by minimizing the area that requires measurement. Johnson and Patil (1995) suggested that covariate-directed sampling may help achieve efficiency by choosing sample units that have the greatest chance of containing different habitat and therefore different species. By retrospectively sampling the breeding bird community in Pennsylvania, various sampling protocols are investigated in conjunction with various covariate species. Results indicate which combinations of covariate species and sampling protocols may be more efficient than random sampling and which may be less efficient.
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Johnson, G., Patil, G., RodrÃquez, S. (1998). Using Covariate-Species Community Dissimilarity to Guide Sampling for Estimating Breeding Bird Species Richness. In: Bachmann, P., Köhl, M., Päivinen, R. (eds) Assessment of Biodiversity for Improved Forest Planning. Forestry Sciences, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9006-8_14
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