The purpose of this review is to clarify the concepts of bias, precision and accuracy as they
are commonly defined in the biostatistical literature, with our focus on the use of these …

Impacts of human civilization on ecosystems threaten global biodiversity. In a changing
environment, traditional in situ approaches to biodiversity monitoring have made significant …

It is difficult to accurately estimate species richness if there are many almost undetectable
species in a hyper-diverse community. Practically, an accurate lower bound for species …

Background Understanding the patterns of biodiversity distribution and what influences them
is a fundamental pre-requisite for effective conservation and sustainable utilisation of …

Summary 1 Fifteen species richness estimators (three asymptotic based on species
accumulation curves, 11 nonparametric, and one based in the species–area relationship) …

The mechanisms that shape plant diversity along resource gradients remain unresolved
because competing theories have been evaluated in isolation. By testing multiple theories …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Species richness (the number of species) in an assemblage is a key metric in many
research fields of ecology. Simple counts of species in samples typically underestimate the …

Although the maintenance of diversity of living systems is critical for ecosystem functioning,
the accelerating pace of global change is threatening its preservation. Standardized …

Summary 1 Attempts to quantify the impact of non‐native plants on the vegetation of invaded
habitats have often been criticized because of the frequent use of observational …