Do commonly used indices of β-diversity measure species turnover?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 545-552

  Vellend, M ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Dissimilarity index; Gamma diversity; Whittaker

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURNOVER;

EID: 0034753958     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237006     Document Type: Article

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