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Rank abundance curve

Known as: Whittaker chart, Whittaker diagram, Whittaker plot 
A rank abundance curve or Whittaker plot is a chart used by ecologists to display relative species abundance, a component of biodiversity. It can… (More)
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2015
2015
The Contribution of Intraspecific Trait Variability to Plant Community Assembly Patterns on the Niche-neutral Continuum
Many trait-based plant investigations have neglected the intraspecific trait variations. A lot of ecologists consider that this… (More)
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2010
2010
Rapid denoising of pyrosequencing amplicon data: exploiting the rank-abundance distribution
We developed a fast method for denoising pyrosequencing for community 16S rRNA analysis. We observe a 2–4 fold reduction in the… (More)
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2006
2006
A model of the species rank-abundance relation for a community in an open habitat
A mathematical model is proposed to describe the relationship between the abundance and the rank of species in order from the… (More)
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2005
Review
2005
Behavior of Vegetation Sampling Methods in the Presence of Spatial Autocorrelation
Spatial autocorrelation in vegetation has been discussed extensively, but little is yet known about how standard plant sampling… (More)
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2005
2005
The Structure of Marine Phage Populations
Phage are the most abundant biological entities in the biosphere, with an estimated 10 particles on the planet. They also play a… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
A Modified-Whittaker nested vegetation sampling method
A standardized sampling technique for measuring plant diversity is needed to assist in resource inventories and for monitoring… (More)
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2004
Review
2004
A nested-intensity design for surveying plant diversity
Managers of natural landscapes need cost-efficient, accurate, and precise systems to inventory plant diversity. We investigated a… (More)
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2002
2002
Non-native Plant Invasions in Managed and Protected Ponderosa Pine/douglas-®r Forests of the Colorado Front Range
We examined patterns of non-native plant diversity in protected and managed ponderosa pine/Douglas-®r forests of the Colorado… (More)
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