Partitioning Species Diversity across Landscapes and Regions: A Hierarchical Analysis of α, β, and γ Diversity

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 734-743

  Crist, Thomas O ^a   Veech, Joseph A ^a,b   Gering, Jon C ^a,c   Summerville, Keith S ^a,d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Null hypothesis; Randomization tests; Spatial scale; Species richness; Statistical tests

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0742323166     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378901     Document Type: Article

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