Environmental Thesaurus

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22067

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beta diversity

Definitions

[Henderson's] biological diversity result­ing from competition between species that produces a finer adaptation of a species to the complete habitat, thus narrowing its range of tolerance to other environmental factors. Beta diversity is represented by the extent of change of species composi­tion along an environmental gradient, e.g. of altitude, from one habitat to another. The greater the change, the higher the beta diversity. alt. habitat diversification. cf. alpha diversity.

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http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

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creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

definition

[Henderson's] biological diversity result­ing from competition between species that produces a finer adaptation of a species to the complete habitat, thus narrowing its range of tolerance to other environmental factors. Beta diversity is represented by the extent of change of species composi­tion along an environmental gradient, e.g. of altitude, from one habitat to another. The greater the change, the higher the beta diversity. alt. habitat diversification. cf. alpha diversity.

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beta diversity

created

2016-08-03

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20935

modified

2018-06-20

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