Biodiversity patterns along ecological gradients: unifying β-diversity indices.

Biodiversity patterns along ecological gradients: unifying β-diversity indices.

Ecologists have developed an abundance of conceptions and mathematical expressions to define β-diversity, the link between local (α) and regional-scale (γ) richness, in order to characterize patterns of biodiversity along ecological (i.e., spatial and environmental) gradients. These patterns are oft...

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Main Authors: Robert C Szava-Kovats, Meelis Pärtel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4201547?pdf=render

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