Abundance (ecology)

Abundance (ecology)

Abundance is an ecological concept referring to the relative representation of a species in a particular ecosystem. It is usually measured as the large number of individuals found per sample.

Abundance is contrasted with, but typically correlates to, incidence, which is the frequency with which the species occurs at all in a sample. [] When high abundance is accompanied by low incidence, it is considered locally or sporadically abundant.

A variety of sampling methods are used to measure abundance. For larger animals, these may include spotlight counts, track counts and roadkill counts, as well as presence at monitoring stations. [cite journal |quotes= |last=Wright |first= David Hamilton|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1991|month=July |title= Correlations Between Incidence and Abundance are Expected by Chance|journal= Journal of Biogeography|volume= 18|issue= 4|pages= 463–466|doi= 10.2307/2845487|url= http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0305-0270(199107)18%3A4%3C463%3ACBIAAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7|accessdate= 2006-12-15]

ee also

*Living Planet Index
*Range (biology)
*Species richness

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