Partitioning the impact of environment and spatial structure on alpha and beta components of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in European ants

We analyze the relative contribution of environmental and spatial variables to the alpha and beta components of taxonomic (TD), phylogenetic (PD), and functional (FD) diversity in ant communities found along different climate and anthropogenic disturbance gradients across western and central Europe,...

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Main Authors: Xavier Arnan, Xim Cerdá, Javier Retana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1241.pdf