Taxonomic and Functional Based Beta Diversity in a Western Wisconsin Forest Community Understory : Stochastic Versus Deterministic Community Assembly
Date
2013-05Author
Renner, Ilse
Lindberg, Erik
Suntsov, Vladislav
Spickerman, Kaleigh
Quick, Mariah
Advisor(s)
Weiher, Evan R.
Lonzarich, David
Cronje, Ruth J.
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Beta diversity is a measurement that defines the amount of variation between communities. High measures of beta diversity imply stochastic community assembly processes whereas low measures of beta diversity imply deterministic or niche-based assembly processes. The purpose of this study was to investigate both taxonomic as well as functional beta-diversity in order to uncover the driving effects of environmental interactions on the assembly of plant communities.
Subject
Biotic communites--Research
Forest ecology--Environmental aspects
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/66954Description
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