The ability of ecologists to identify regions of greatest species richness could have an...

The ability of ecologists to identify regions of greatest species richness could have an impact on the preservation of genetic diversity, a major objective of the World Conservation Strategy. The article “Prediction of Rarities from Habitat Variables: Coastal Plain Plants on Nova Scotian Lakeshores” (Ecology, 1992: 1852–1859) used a sample of n = 37 lakes to obtain the estimated regression equation