A systematic survey of regional multi-taxon biodiversity: evaluating strategies and coverage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In light of the biodiversity crisis and our limited ability to explain variation in biodiversity, tools to quantify spatial and temporal variation in biodiversity and its underlying drivers are critically needed. Inspired by the recently published ecospace framework, we developed and tested a sampling design for environmental and biotic mapping. We selected 130 study sites (40 × 40 m) across Denmark using stratified random sampling along the major environmental gradients underlying biotic variation. Using standardized methods, we collected site species data on vascular plants, bryophytes, macrofungi, lichens, gastropods and arthropods. To evaluate sampling efficiency, we calculated regional coverage (relative to the known species number per taxonomic group), and site sca

SUBMITTER: Brunbjerg AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6792264 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature