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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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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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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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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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 ...
Lan Jiang +7 more
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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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Natural succession and clearcutting as drivers of environmental heterogeneity and beta diversity in North American boreal forests. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Clear-cutting alters natural ecosystem processes by reducing landscape heterogeneity. It is the dominant harvesting technique across the boreal zone, yet understanding of how environmental heterogeneity and beta diversity are structured in forest ...
Sergio García-Tejero +4 more
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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).
Lissette Victorero +4 more
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The Elevational Gradient of Bird Beta Diversity in the Meili Snow Mountains, Yunnan Province, China [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Understanding the elevational patterns of beta diversity in mountain regions is a long-standing problem in biogeography and ecology. Previous research has generally focused on the taxonomy facet on a large scale, but was limited with regard to multi ...
Shunyu Yao +4 more
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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 ...
Lu Wen +8 more
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