Plant Diversity, 2023 Patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity and their relationships with environmental correlates can help reveal the origin and evolutionary history of regional biota.
Haibin Yu +9 more
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Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic beta diversity in the Inner Mongolia grassland
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Beta diversity, which measures the variation in community composition along environmental gradients, has great significance for biodiversity conservation and nature reserve construction.
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Global arthropod beta-diversity is spatially and temporally structured by latitude. [PDF]
Commun BiolGlobal biodiversity gradients are generally expected to reflect greater species replacement closer to the equator. However, empirical validation of global biodiversity gradients largely relies on vertebrates, plants, and other less diverse taxa.
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Is beta diversity higher in seed plants with larger body sizes? [PDF]
Plant DiversityBeta diversity is a scalar linking local (alpha) with regional (gamma) species diversity. Understanding patterns of beta diversity is central to ecology and biogeography. It is suggested that beta diversity should be higher for organisms with larger body
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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.
Haijun Yuan +10 more
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How does invasion degree shape alpha and beta diversity of freshwater fish at a regional scale?
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Freshwater ecosystems appear more vulnerable to biodiversity loss due to several anthropogenic disturbances and freshwater fish are particularly vulnerable to these impacts.
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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.
Wenjing Fang +5 more
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Different facets of alpha and beta diversity of benthic diatoms along stream watercourse in a large near‐natural catchment [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding the processes and mechanisms that shape the distribution patterns and variations of biodiversity along spatial gradients continues to be a priority for ecological research. We focused on the biodiversity of benthic diatom communities within
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Drivers of desert plant beta diversity on the Qinghai–Tibet plateau [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe desert ecosystem of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) is an important component of China's desert ecosystem. Studying the mechanisms shaping the taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional beta diversity of plant communities in the QTP desert will help us ...
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