RELATIVE SPECIES RICHNESS AND COMMUNITY COMPLETENESS: BIRDS AND URBANIZATION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES.

The article discusses how relative species richness can have a positive impact on local businesses and urbanization, and mentions the capture-recapture models which can be used to estimate specie richness. It discusses the impact of urbanization on relative richness of avian communities in the U.S. and states that capture-recapture models are also useful for ecosystem management and nature conservation.