Computing additive β-diversity from presence and absence scores: A critique and alternative parameters

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-249

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuzzy complement; Fuzzy set theory; Parametric diversity; Species replication principle; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; ITALY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39149104031     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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