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

Lee, Jonathan Eric
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1273172956

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2010, Master of Environmental Science, Miami University, Environmental Sciences.
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.
Thomas Crist, PhD (Advisor)
Doug Meikle, PhD (Committee Member)
Jing Zhang, PhD (Committee Member)
103 p.
Animals; Botany; Ecology; Environmental Science; Zoology
diversity partitioning; biodiversity; conservation; species-area relationship; ecology; &945; diversity; alpha diversity; &946; diversity; beta diversity; habitat heterogeneity

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  • Lee, J. E. (2010). Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1273172956

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lee, Jonathan. Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation. 2010. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1273172956.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lee, Jonathan. "Partitioning β-diversity in species-area relationships: implications for biodiversity and conservation." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1273172956

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