Reconceptualising the beta diversity-environmental heterogeneity relationship in running water systems

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 223-235

  Heino, Jani ^a   Melo, Adriano S ^b   Bini, Luis M ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Average distance to centroid; Dispersal; Spatial scale; Species sorting; Terminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920919935     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12502     Document Type: Review

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