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A standardised sampling protocol for robust assessment of reach-scale fish community diversity in wadeable New Zealand streams [PDF]
, 2010 The New Zealand fish fauna contains species that are affected not only by river system connectivity, but also by catchment and local-scale changes in landcover, water quality and habitat quality.
Burns NM +14 more
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What is a tree in the mediterranean basin hotspot? A critical analysis [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Tree species represent 20% of the vascular plant species worldwide and they play a crucial role in the global functioning of the biosphere. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the 36 world biodiversity hotspots, and it is estimated that forests
Arroyo Marín, Juan +7 more
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Species–area relationships and extinction forecasts
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2013 The species–area relationship (SAR) predicts that smaller areas contain fewer species. This is the basis of the SAR method that has been used to forecast large numbers of species committed to extinction every year due to deforestation. The method has a number of issues that must be handled with care to avoid error.
Halley, John M. +2 more
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The species–area relationship in ant ecology [PDF]
Journal of Biogeography, 2021 AbstractAimThe positive relationship between species richness and area—the species–area relationship (SAR)—is a key principle in ecology. Previous studies show large variation in the SAR across taxa collectively indicating the necessity of a taxon‐focused approach to accurately evaluate biodiversity scaling patterns. Ants are ideal for this given their
Ohyama, Leo +3 more
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Species elevational richness gradient and species-area relationship in mountain vegetation of Javakheti highland (Georgia) [PDF]
Caucasiana, 2023 Elevational gradients in species richness and species-area relationships are among the most interesting patterns in ecology and biogeography. Both patterns can be characteristic of the same system; however, current knowledge of how these patterns co ...
Levan Mumladze +4 more
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Species–area relationships always overestimate extinction rates from habitat loss : comment [PDF]
, 2013 Author Posting. © Ecological Society of America, 2013. This article is posted here by permission of Ecological Society of America for personal use, not for redistribution.
Axelsen, Jacob Bock +3 more
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Species-area relationships underestimate extinction rates [PDF]
Acta Oecologica, 2012 Abstract The species-area relationship (SAR), i.e. the increase in species number with area, has been repeatedly used to predict species extinction, at both local and global scales, with habitat reduction. He and Hubbell (Nature, 2011; 473, 368–371), however, argued that the function that relates species loss with decreasing habitat area cannot be ...
FATTORINI, SIMONE, Borges, Paulo A. V.
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Estimating Fish Species Richness across Multiple Watersheds
Diversity, 2018 Assessing fish species richness at the scale of an entire watershed or multiple watersheds is important when designing conservation areas and maintaining aquatic biodiversity.
Michael H. Paller
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Applicability of Common Algorithms in Species–Area Relationship Model Fitting
Diversity, 2022 The species–area relationship (SAR) describes a law of species richness changes as the sampling area varies. SAR has been studied for more than 100 years and is of great significance in the fields of biogeography, population ecology, and conservation ...
Zhidong Liu, Xiaoke Liu, Tsung-Jen Shen
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Derivations of the Core Functions of the Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology
Entropy, 2019 The Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology (METE), is a theoretical framework of macroecology that makes a variety of realistic ecological predictions about how species richness, abundance of species, metabolic rate distributions, and spatial aggregation of ...
Alexander B. Brummer, Erica A. Newman
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