Effects of ecological scaling on biodiversity patterns

Biodiversity is determined by a myriad of complex processes acting at different scales. Given the current rates of biodiversity loss and change, it is of paramount importance that we improve our understanding of the underlying structure of ecological communities. In this thesis, I focused on Species...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Antão, Laura Inês Henriques (author)
Format: doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Community structure
Spatial scaling
Diversity patterns
Species abundance distribution
Macroecology
Lognormal
Logseries
Multimodality
Taxonomic breadth
Ecological heterogeneity
β diversity
Species composition
Dissimilarity
Spatial turnover
Nestedness
Scale dependence
Intraspecific aggregation
Species aggregation
Unified theories
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/24061
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/24061

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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/24061

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