Dissimilarity measurements and the size structure of ecological communities

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1167-1177

  De Cáceres, Miquel ^a,b   Legendre, Pierre ^c   He, Fangliang ^d,e  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community ecology; Cumulative abundance profile; Dissimilarity coefficients; Forest dynamics; Size structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889637963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12116     Document Type: Article

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