@Article{Basset_etal2012, author="Basset, Y. and Cizek, L. and Cu{\'e}noud, P. and Didham, R.K. and Guilhaumon, F. and Missa, O. and Novotny, V. and {\O}degaard, F. and Roslin, T. and Schmidl, J. and Tishechkin, A.K. and Winchester, N.N. and Roubik, D.W. and Aberlenc, H.-P. and Bail, J. and Barrios, H. and Bridle, J.R. and Casta{\~n}o-Meneses, G. and Corbara, B. and Curletti, G. and Da Rocha, W.D. and De Bakker, D. and Delabie, J.H.C. and Dejean, A. and Fagan, L.L. and Floren, A. and Kitching, R.L. and Medianero, E. and Miller, S.E. and De Oliveira, E.G. and Orivel, J. and Pollet, M. and Rapp, M. and Ribeiro, S.P. and Roisin, Y. and Schmidt, J.B. and S{\o}rensen, L. and Leponce, M.", title="Arthropod diversity in a tropical forest", journal="Science", year="2012", volume="338", number="6113", pages="1481--1484", abstract="Most eukaryotic organisms are arthropods. Yet, their diversity in rich terrestrial ecosystems is still unknown. Here we produce tangible estimates of the total species richness of arthropods in a tropical rainforest. Using a comprehensive range of structured protocols, we sampled the phylogenetic breadth of arthropod taxa from the soil to the forest canopy in the San Lorenzo forest, Panama. We collected 6144 arthropod species from 0.48 hectare and extrapolated total species richness to larger areas on the basis of competing models. The whole 6000-hectare forest reserve most likely sustains 25,000 arthropod species. Notably, just 1 hectare of rainforest yields >60\% of the arthropod biodiversity held in the wider landscape. Models based on plant diversity fitted the accumulated species richness of both herbivore and nonherbivore taxa exceptionally well. This lends credence to global estimates of arthropod biodiversity developed from plant models.", optnote="Export Date: 27 December 2012; Source: Scopus", optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=451), last updated on Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:01:19 -0300", opturl="http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871062830&partnerID=40&md5=13525e91d56240a84fa8e173892ad33b" }