How Should Ecologists Define Sampling Effort? The Potential of Procrustes Analysis for Studying Variation in Community Composition

How Should Ecologists Define Sampling Effort? The Potential of Procrustes Analysis for Studying Variation in Community Composition

Appropriate sampling effort is crucial for ecologists. Procrustes analysis can be used to tackle this question by quantifying the match between subsamples and the complete dataset. We used stream macroinvertebrates to show how sampling design can be optimized by reducing the number of subsamples and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biotropica 2015-07, Vol.47 (4), p.399-402
Hauptverfasser: Saito, Victor S, Fonseca‐Gessner, Alaide A, Siqueira, Tadeu
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
community structure
data collection
ecologists
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macroinvertebrates
Procrustes analysis
sample size
sampling design
streams
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Zusammenfassung:Appropriate sampling effort is crucial for ecologists. Procrustes analysis can be used to tackle this question by quantifying the match between subsamples and the complete dataset. We used stream macroinvertebrates to show how sampling design can be optimized by reducing the number of subsamples and increasing the number of sites.
ISSN:0006-3606
1744-7429
DOI:10.1111/btp.12222