Testing for differences in beta diversity with asymmetric dissimilarities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 719-724

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a   Burrascano, Sabina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jaccard dissimilarity; Measures of ecological dissimilarity; Permutation test; Weighted species abundances; Whittaker's beta diversity

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

JACCARD DISSIMILARITY; MEASURES OF ECOLOGICAL DISSIMILARITY; PERMUTATION TEST; WEIGHTED SPECIES ABUNDANCES; WHITTAKER'S BETA DIVERSITY;

TESTING;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; MUTATION; OBSERVATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TESTING;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 58149475028     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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