Modelling the spatial distribution of beta diversity in Australian subtropical rainforest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-196

  Laidlaw, Melinda J ^a   Richardson, Karen S ^b   Yeates, Alice G ^c   Mcdonald, William J F ^a   Hunter, R John ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b Division Cientifica   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d Lowanna   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Conservation planning; Environmental surrogacy; Generalized dissimilarity modelling; Survey gap analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FLORISTICS; GAP DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURROGATE METHOD; TURNOVER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84935105821     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12292     Document Type: Article

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