How Should Ecologists Define Sampling Effort? The Potential of Procrustes Analysis for Studying Variation in Community Composition

Autor(es)

Saito, Victor S. ^[1] ; Fonseca-Gessner, Alaide A. ^[2] ; Siqueira, Tadeu ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Programa Posgrad Ecol & Recursos Nat, BR-13560 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Hidrobiol, BR-13560 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Ecol, Rio Claro, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Biotropica; v. 47, n. 4, p. 399-402, JUL 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

Appropriate sampling effort is crucial for ecologists. Procrustes analysis can be used to tackle this question by quantifying the match between subsamples and the complete dataset. We used stream macroinvertebrates to show how sampling design can be optimized by reducing the number of subsamples and increasing the number of sites. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/20540-0 - Processos em metacomunidades: fatores ecológicos, evolutivos e espaciais estruturando as comunidades de macroinvertebrados aquáticos
• Beneficiário: Victor Satoru Saito
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 13/50424-1 - Scaling biodiversity in tropical and boreal streams: implications for diversity mapping and environmental assessment (ScaleBio)
• Beneficiário: Tadeu de Siqueira Barros
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular