Biological diversity [[electronic resource] ] : frontiers in measurement and assessment / / edited by Anne E. Magurran and Brian J. McGill

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910141260003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-58016-0; 9786613892614; 0-19-157684-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MagurranAnne E. <1955->; McGillBrian J
• Disciplina: 578.7
• Soggetti: Biodiversity; Biodiversity - Monitoring; Biodiversity conservation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1 Challenges and opportunities in the measurement and assessment of biological diversity; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 State of the field; 1.3 What is in this book; Acknowledgements; Part I: Basic Measurement Issues; 2 An overview of sampling issues in species diversity and abundance surveys; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 State of the field; 2.3 Prospectus; 2.4 Key points; 3 Biodiversity monitoring: the relevance of detectability; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 State of the field: which biodiversity measure?; 3.3 Detectability: are species counts relevant for monitoring biodiversity?3.4 Case study: the UK Breeding Bird Survey; 3.5 Discussion; 3.6 Prospectus; 3.7 Key points; Acknowledgements; Part II: Diversity; 4 Estimating species richness; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 State of the field; 4.3 Prospectus; 4.4 Key points; Acknowledgements; 5 Measurement of species diversity; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 State of the art; 5.3 Prospectus; 5.4 Key points; 6 Compositional similarity and β (beta) diversity; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 State of the field; 6.3 Prospectus; 6.4 Key points; 7 Measuring biological diversity in time (and space)7.1 Introduction; 7.2 State of the field: timescales of change and community boundaries; 7.3 What is being measured?; 7.4 Assessing change through time; 7.5 Measuring change in the rate of change; 7.6 Using temporal change to shed light on community structure; 7.7 Partitioning diversity in space and time; 7.8 Prospectus; 7.9 Key points; Part III: Distribution; 8 Commonness and rarity; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 State of the field; 8.3 Commonness and rarity: ecological context; 8.4 Assessing commonness and rarity; 8.5 Prospectus; 8.6 Key points; 9 Species abundance distributions9.1 Introduction; 9.2 State of the field; 9.3 Identifying a useful, parsimonious subset of SAD metrics; 9.4 Prospectus; 9.5 Key points; Acknowledgements; 10 Fitting and empirical evaluation of models for species abundance distributions; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 State of the field; 10.3 Prospectus; 10.4 Key points; 11 Species occurrence and occupancy; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 State of the field; 11.3 Prospectus; 11.4 Key points; Acknowledgements; 12 Measuring the spatial structure of biodiversity; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 State of the art; 12.3 Prospectus; 12.4 Key pointsAcknowledgements; Part IV: Alternative measures of diversity; 13 A primer of trait and functional diversity; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 State of the field; 13.3 Prospectus; 13.4 Key points; Acknowledgements; 14 Measuring phylogenetic biodiversity; 14.1 Introduction; 14.2 State of the field; 14.3 Prospectus; 14.4 Key points; 15 Genetic methods for biodiversity assessment; 15.1 Introduction; 15.2 Genetic methods in biodiversity assessment; 15.3 Biodiversity assessments; 15.4 Prospectus; 15.5 Key points; Part V: Applications; 16 Microbial diversity and ecology; 16.1 Introduction; 16.2 The diversity concept
• Sommario/riassunto: This research level text provides an up-to-date, authoritative review of the methods of measuring biological diversity, as well as the application of these methods.