Comparing methods to separate components of beta diversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1069-1079

  Baselga, Andrés ^a   Leprieur, Fabien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community composition; Dissimilarity coefficients; Nestedness; Replacement; Richness difference; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941803271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12388     Document Type: Article

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