You are asked to estimate the number of species in a 1-hectare section of panamanian tropical forest. after a week you have identified 142 plant species. however, the panamanian government needs a report the next day, and you know that you have not yet identified all of the plant species. you decide to estimate the total species richness from your collected data. you look through your data and discover that you have collected two individuals for 32 plant species and one individual for 47 plant species. estimate the total number of plant species present in this 1-hectare plot using this formula:
