Putting beta-diversity on the map: broad-scale congruence and coincidence in the extremes.
Beta-diversity, the change in species composition between places, is a critical but poorly understood component of biological diversity. Patterns of beta-diversity provide information central to many ecological and evolutionary questions, as well as to conservation planning. Yet beta-diversity is ra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2001212?pdf=render |