[Taxacom] How frequent should you collect for a good representation of insect fauna?

[Michael A. Ivie]

See:

Keating, Kim A, James F. Quinn, Michael A. Ivie, and LaDonna L. Ivie. 
1998.   Keating, Kim A, James F. Quinn, Michael A. Ivie, and LaDonna L. 
Ivie.  Estimating the Effectiveness of Further Sampling in Species 
Inventories.  Ecological Applications 8: 1239-1249.Estimating the 
Effectiveness of Further Sampling in Species Inventories.  Ecological 
Applications 8: 1239-1249.

Available at: 
<http://virgin.msu.montana.edu/people/reprints/keating%20et%20al%201998.pdf>

Soowon Cho wrote:

>Dear members,
>
>I am looking for a paper regarding sampling frequency (sampling window or
>sample replication) in an insect faunistic survey.  I have collected insects
>in my university for a year: with four different collecting methods at four
>sites in every other week, and the data tells me that on average only about
>30% of the insect species collected at a collecting are collected again at
>the next collecting.  This means every other week you collect, about 70% is
>new from the previous collecting.  The result is rather surprising to me as
>I didn't expect that much.  I wonder if you know of any paper related
>to this subject?  You ideas are also appreciated.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Soowon Cho
>Chungbuk National University
>Cheongju, KOREA
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