An effort-based index of beta diversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-225

  Lazarina, Maria ^a   Sgardeli, Vasiliki ^b   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^c   Sgardelis, Stefanos P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c University of Western Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Grain size; Natura 2000; Nestedness; Species occupancy distribution; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875233725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12013     Document Type: Article

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