Measuring beta-diversity from taxonomic similarity

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 793-798

  Bacaro, Giovanni ^a   Ricotta, Carlo ^b   Mazzoleni, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Metric distances; Ordination; Species richness; Taxonomic tree

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 36749046320     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[793:MBFTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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