| | Accession Number | 5004792 |
| | Title | Development of methods to estimate species richness and community-dynamic |
| | parameters from species list data |
| | Project Description | This project will involve further development of methods for the estimation of species richness and |
| | related parameters associated with community dynamics, such as local rates of extinciton, |
| | colonization, and turnover. These methods are based on capture-recapture models developed for |
| | animal population studies and rely on an analogy between populations and communities. The |
| | methods will also be used to test hypotheses about effects of habitat variables such as forest |
| | fragmentation and urbanization on community dynamics. |
| | Keywords | animal populations, community, community dynamics, ecosystems, information transfer, |
| | modeling, monitoring, species richness, |
| | Principal | James D Nichols, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Jim_Nichols@usgs.gov; James E |
| | Investigators | Hines, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Jim_Hines@usgs.gov; John R Sauer, USGS |
| | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: John_R_Sauer@usgs.gov; |
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