Matthew effect in counting the number of species

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• 作者：Xubin Pan ; Shuifang Zhu
• 关键词：Number of species identified ; Species identification intensity ; Preston effect ; Pan effect
• 刊名：Biodiversity & Conservation
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：24
• 期：11
• 页码：2865-2868
• 全文大小：375 KB
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• 作者单位：Xubin Pan (1)
  Shuifang Zhu (1)
  
  1. Institute of Plant Quarantine, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing, 100029, China
  
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Evolutionary Biology
  Plant Sciences
  Tree Biology
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9710

文摘

The number of species in an area is a fundamental parameter in species-area theory. Besides sampling size and statistical extrapolation, the inaccurate number of species can intensify the existing controversy on the species richness—productivity and extinction rate overestimate/underestimate. This problem can be caused by Matthew effect from sampling process and taxonomic identification: it is much easier to identify and record common species than rare species. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent and control the Matthew effect, which can distort the number of species (especially the rare species) and the individuals of each species. Keywords Number of species identified Species identification intensity Preston effect Pan effect