Is 500m2 an effective plot size to sample floristic diversity for Queensland’s vegetation?
- Species area curves from 37 sites spanning the diversity of native vegetation in Queensland were examined. For the majority of sites investigated a 500 m2 plot captured about 80–90% of the vascular plant species present at the time of sampling. Floristic data collected for grassland, heathland, acacia shrublands and most eucalypt woodlands using a 500 m2 plot is appropriate for floristic analysis and adequately represent the vascular plants present at the site at the time. Using a larger plot would only slightly increase the species capture at a site but it would generally be more efficient to increase the number of sites sampled to more adequately capture the diversity across the extent of the vegetation type. However for many Queensland rainforest communities, a much larger sample size is required to capture the full species richness of a site.
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| Author: | V. John Neldner, Don W. Butler |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-293408 |
| ISSN: | 2200-405X |
| ISSN: | 0727-9620 |
| Parent Title (English): | Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia |
| Publisher: | Mount Annan Botanic Garden, The Administration Officer |
| Place of publication: | Mount Annan, NSW |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2013/04/19 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2008 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2013/04/19 |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Page Number: | 7 |
| First Page: | 513 |
| Last Page: | 519 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 337685916 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia / Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia, Volume 10, Issue 4 (2008) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-296670 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
