When and how to conduct a biodiversity assessment of terrestrial invertebrates

Abstract

This paper provides an operational framework developed to assist biodiversity researcher s in the design and implementation of focused invertebrate biodiversity assessments appropriate to particular questions or hypotheses. It draws together established protocols, issues of quality control, recent developments and proposes a set of critical questions for each of eight sequential framework components. Use of the framework will help ensure that invertebrate data and the recommendations that result from the analysis of those data are useful for conservation planning and resource management. The paper is intended to help biodiversity researchers generate valid and robust data. It will also be a ..