A diversity of beta diversities: straightening up a concept gone awry. Part 2. Quantifying beta diversity and related phenomena

H Tuomisto - Ecography, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The present two‐part review aims to put the different phenomena that have been called
“beta diversity” over the years into a common conceptual framework and to explain what …

A diversity of beta diversities: straightening up a concept gone awry. Part 1. Defining beta diversity as a function of alpha and gamma diversity

H Tuomisto - Ecography, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The term beta diversity has been used to refer to a wide variety of phenomena. Although all
of these encompass some kind of compositional heterogeneity between places, many are …

Microbes on mountainsides: contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity

JA Bryant, C Lamanna, H Morlon… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The study of elevational diversity gradients dates back to the foundation of biogeography.
Although elevational patterns of plant and animal diversity have been studied for centuries …

Plant species diversity and density patterns along altitude gradient covering high-altitude alpine regions of west Himalaya, India

KC Sekar, N Thapliyal, A Pandey, B Joshi… - Geology, Ecology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding species richness and diversity patterns and their governing factors in less-to-
unexplored regions across Himalaya provide invaluable insights into exploring drivers …

Tests of the mid‐domain hypothesis: a review of the evidence

DJ Currie, JT Kerr - Ecological Monographs, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Geographic variation of species richness is strongly correlated with environmental gradients.
However, random arrangement of species distributions within a bounded domain can also …

Descending to the twilight-zone: changes in coral reef fish assemblages along a depth gradient down to 65 m

E Brokovich, S Einbinder, N Shashar… - Marine Ecology …, 2008 - int-res.com
In contrast to the abundance of literature on the relationship between fish assemblages and
habitat structure in the upper 30 m of coral reefs, the deeper (> 40 m) parts of coral reefs are …

Elevation gradients alter vegetation attributes in mountain ecosystems of eastern Himalaya, India

VS Negi, A Pandey, A Singh, A Bahukhandi… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The present study describes how vegetation (the tree layer) is shaped along the elevation
gradients in the eastern part of the Indian Himalayan Region. Various vegetation attributes …

[PDF][PDF] Plant species diversity and rarity patterns along altitude range covering treeline ecotone in Uttarakhand: conservation implications

RS Rawal, R Rawal, B Rawat, VS Negi, R Pathak - Trop. Ecol, 2018 - researchgate.net
The study documents plant diversity within a forested high altitude zone (2000–3500 m asl)
of Uttarakhand wherein 1471 plant species (106 trees, 233 shrubs and 1132 herbs) occur …

Elevational gradients in β-diversity reflect variation in the strength of local community assembly mechanisms across spatial scales

JS Tello, JA Myers, MJ Macía, AF Fuentes, L Cayola… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Despite long-standing interest in elevational-diversity gradients, little is known about the
processes that cause changes in the compositional variation of communities (β-diversity) …

Patterns of elevational beta diversity in micro‐and macroorganisms

J Wang, J Soininen, Y Zhang, B Wang… - Global Ecology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim While ecologists have long been interested in diversity in mountain regions, elevational
patterns in beta diversity are still rarely studied across different life forms ranging from micro …