Predictions of beta diversity for reef macroalgae across southeastern Australia

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Leaper, R ^a   Hill, N A ^a   Edgar, G J ^a   Ellis, N ^b   Lawrence, E ^b   Pitcher, C R ^b   Barrett, N S ^a   Thomson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Conservation planning; Generalized dissimilarity modeling; Gradient forest modeling; Macroalgae; Subtidal rocky reefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859767303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00089.1     Document Type: Article

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