ILPLA   05424
INSTITUTO DE LIMNOLOGIA "DR. RAUL A. RINGUELET"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Estimating biodiversity: a case study on true bugs in argentinian wetlands
Autor/es:
COSCARÓN, M.C.; MELO, M.C.; CODDINGTON, J.; CORRONCA, J.
Revista:
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Editorial:
Springer
Referencias:
Lugar: Netherlands; Año: 2009 vol. 18 p. 1491 - 1507
ISSN:
0960-3115
Resumen:
The species richness and relative abundance of faunas in defined areas are the
raw materials in biodiversity science. The research methodology to acquire these data is
inventory, and inventory quality depends on a number of parameters, for example collecting
methods, season, and collector experience. To assess the ability of rapid inventory
techniques to estimate local richness seven collectors sampled the fauna of true bugs in the
Ibera´ watershed (Corrientes, Argentina) with seven methods during early spring, summer,
and late summer (December, May, September) of 1 year. Twenty-three families, 225 spp.
and 4,678 adults were found. We also applied various statistical techniques to correct the
observed data for undersampling bias, which suggested the lower bound of annual heteropteran
species richness at Pellegrini was about 250300 species. Among heteropteran
families, the particular inventory methodology was especially efficient in sampling
Miridae.