beta diversity

collocation in English

meaningsofbetaanddiversity

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beta
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈbiː.tə/us
/ˈbeɪ.t̬ə/
Beta software is at the second stage ...
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diversity
noun[S or U]
uk
/daɪˈvɜː.sə.ti/us
/dɪˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things ...
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(Definition ofbetaanddiversityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This indicates that the structural forest classifications need to be refined with floristic inventories to yield realistic estimates ofbetadiversity.
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Detection ofbetadiversityis related to the scale and location of the study.
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We analysed the amount of overlap in attending bird species (betadiversity) between habitat types, and across elevations, in two ways.
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Whittaker (1972) coined the termbetadiversity(inter-habitat diversity) for t he change of organismic diversity along habitat gradients.
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Valley bottoms are a major source of habitat heterogeneity within the study area, thus contributing tobetadiversity.
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Betadiversitywas an important determinant of regional species richness.
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Both the habitatspecificity and neutral models of community composition indicate thatbetadiversity may be much more important than alpha diversity in determining species richness in a site.
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Measuringbetadiversitywith presence-absence data.
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Diversity is usually partitioned into at least two components, species richness (alpha diversity) and habitat heterogeneity (betadiversity).
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As a result, the definition ofbetadiversityhas become quite contentious.
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Some usebetadiversityas a broad umbrella term that can refer to any of several indices related to compositional heterogeneity.
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Cusuco also has great diversity of habitats and highbetadiversityin many groups due to the large elevational gradients in the park.
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