Multivariate dispersion as a measure of beta diversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 683-693

  Anderson, Marti J ^a   Ellingsen, Kari E ^b,c   McArdle, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community structure; Dissimilarity measures; Kelp holdfasts; Macrobenthos; Multivariate dispersion; Species abundance; Species composition; Transformations; Variability

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONCEPT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KELP; LETTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KELP; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 33646827806     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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