A consistent terminology for quantifying species diversity?

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-282

  Moreno, Claudia E ^a   Rodríguez, Pilar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b CONABIO ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Gamma diversity; Species richness; Turnover

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIVERSITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERMINOLOGY; TURNOVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952323540     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1591-7     Document Type: Article

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