Disentangling niche theory and beta diversity change [PDF]
The American Naturalist, 2021 Beta diversity describes the differences in species composition among communities. Changes in beta diversity over time are thought to be due to selection based on species’ niche characteristics.
W. Godsoe, P. Bellingham, E. Moltchanova
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Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2023 As Earth’s climate has varied strongly through geological time, studying the impacts of past climate change on biodiversity helps to understand the risks from future climate change. However, it remains unclear how paleoclimate shapes spatial variation in
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Decomposing beta diversity [PDF]
Frontiers of Biogeography, 2009 news and update Paulo Borges (University of Azores, Azorean Biodiversity Group), described the Azorean Biodi- versity Portal (http://www.azoresbioportal.angra. uac.pt/) and highlighted the importance of science communication for the general public, putting is- land biodiversity on the web.
Nicholas J. Gotelli
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Phylogenetic beta diversity metrics, trait evolution and inferring the functional beta diversity of communities. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The beta diversity of communities along gradients has fascinated ecologists for decades. Traditionally such studies have focused on the species composition of communities, but researchers are becoming increasingly interested in analyzing the phylogenetic
Nathan G Swenson
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Of beta diversity, variance, evenness, and dissimilarity [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2017 The amount of variation in species composition among sampling units or beta diversity has become a primary tool for connecting the spatial structure of species assemblages to ecological processes.
Ricotta, Carlo
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Unveiling the ecological significance of phosphorus fractions in shaping bacterial and archaeal beta diversity in mesotrophic lakes [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Both community variation and phosphorus (P) fractions have been extensively studied in aquatic ecosystems, but how P fractions affect the mechanism underlying microbial beta diversity remains elusive, especially in sediment cores.
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How Should Beta-Diversity Inform Biodiversity Conservation? [PDF]
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2016 To design robust protected area networks, accurately measure species losses, or understand the processes that maintain species diversity, conservation science must consider the organization of biodiversity in space. Central is beta-diversity--the component of regional diversity that accumulates from compositional differences between local species ...
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Environmental heterogeneity determines beta diversity and species turnover for woody plants along an elevation gradient in subtropical forests of China [PDF]
Forestry Research, 2023 To understand how diversity change with environmental gradients is a fundamental aim for clarifying biodiversity pattern and underlying mechanisms. Here, we studied the characteristics of beta diversity and its partitioning components for woody plant ...
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Life forms affect beta-diversity patterns of larch forests in China [PDF]
Plant DiversityBeta-diversity reflects the spatial changes in community species composition which helps to understand how communities are assembled and biodiversity is formed and maintained.
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Species replacement dominates megabenthos beta diversity in a remote seamount setting [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 Seamounts are proposed to be hotspots of deep-sea biodiversity, a pattern potentially arising from increased productivity in a heterogeneous landscape leading to either high species co-existence or species turnover (beta diversity).
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