Tropical Estuarine Macrobenthic Communities Are Structured by Turnover Rather than Nestedness.

Turnover (i.e., species substitution) and nestedness (i.e., subsets of species from more diverse locations), the two main mechanisms used to explain the beta diversity of biological communities, have different implications for biodiversity conservation. To better understand how these mechanisms cont...

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Main Authors: Carlinda Raílly Medeiros, Luiz Ubiratan Hepp, Joana Patrício, Joseline Molozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5008822?pdf=render