A diversity of beta diversities: Straightening up a concept gone awry. Part 2. Quantifying beta diversity and related phenomena

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-45

  Tuomisto, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; DIVERSITY INDEX; NUMERICAL METHOD; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 77953923721     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06148.x     Document Type: Article

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