Number of Newly Discovered Rare Species Estimation
Description
A Bayesian-weighted estimator and two unweighted estimators are
developed to estimate the number of newly found rare species in additional
ecological samples. Among these methods, the Bayesian-weighted estimator
and an unweighted (Chao-derived) estimator are of high accuracy and
recommended for practical applications.
Technical details of the proposed estimators have been well described
in the following paper: Shen TJ, Chen YH (2018) A Bayesian
weighted approach to predicting the number of newly discovered
rare species. Conservation Biology, In press.