The spatial scaling of beta diversity

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 639-647

  Barton, Philip S ^a,b,c   Cunningham, Saul A ^c   Manning, Adrian D ^a   Gibb, Heloise ^d   Lindenmayer, David B ^a,b   Didham, Raphael K ^c,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Community; Dissimilarity; Gamma diversity; S rensen; Spatial extent; Spatial grain; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84877614404     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12031     Document Type: Article

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