Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation

Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation

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Main Author: Lee, Jonathan Eric
Language:English
Published: Miami University / OhioLINK 2010
Subjects:
Animals
Botany
Ecology
Environmental Science
Zoology
diversity partitioning
biodiversity
conservation
species-area relationship
ecology
&945
diversity
alpha diversity
&946
beta diversity
habitat heterogeneity
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-miami12731729562021-08-03T05:41:09Z Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation Lee, Jonathan Eric Animals Botany Ecology Environmental Science Zoology diversity partitioning biodiversity conservation species-area relationship ecology &945 diversity alpha diversity &946 diversity beta diversity habitat heterogeneity The species-area relationship (SAR), a vital tool in community ecology, attempts to quantify the biodiversity of an area by identifying the species richness from sample patches. Diversity within a patch is known as α-diversity while diversity among patches is known as β-diversity. Some ecologists argue that differences in area explain all β-diversity in independent sampling while others argue β-diversity partially results from other factors, such as habitat heterogeneity or stochastic factors. In this meta-analysis of SAR data, β-diversity was partitioned into area-dependent and area-independent components; it was determined factors besides area explain a large portion of β-diversity in independent SAR samples. It was surprising that neither the sampling effort nor study scale had a significant effect on the diversity components. 2010-05-06 English text Miami University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1273172956 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1273172956 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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language English
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topic Animals
Botany
Ecology
Environmental Science
Zoology
diversity partitioning
biodiversity
conservation
species-area relationship
ecology
&945
diversity
alpha diversity
&946
diversity
beta diversity
habitat heterogeneity
spellingShingle Animals
Botany
Ecology
Environmental Science
Zoology
diversity partitioning
biodiversity
conservation
species-area relationship
ecology
&945
diversity
alpha diversity
&946
diversity
beta diversity
habitat heterogeneity
Lee, Jonathan Eric
Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation
author Lee, Jonathan Eric
author_facet Lee, Jonathan Eric
author_sort Lee, Jonathan Eric
title Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation
title_short Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation
title_full Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation
title_fullStr Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation
title_full_unstemmed Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation
title_sort partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation
publisher Miami University / OhioLINK
publishDate 2010
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