Commentary: Do we have a consistent terminology for species diversity? The fallacy of true diversity

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 885-888

  Gorelick, Root ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Diversity partitioning; Gamma diversity; Hill index

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; NESTEDNESS; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERMINOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; NOMENCLATURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 80855128088     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2124-8     Document Type: Article

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