LEADER 04788nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910141260003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-58016-0 010 $a9786613892614 010 $a0-19-157684-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205608 035 $a(EBL)3054675 035 $a(OCoLC)795705236 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3054675 035 $a(PPN)184972426 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3054675 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10570704 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389261 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205608 100 $a20100728d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 00$aBiological diversity$b[electronic resource] $efrontiers in measurement and assessment /$fedited by Anne E. Magurran and Brian J. McGill 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-958067-7 311 $a0-19-958066-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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? 327 $a3.3 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 ? (beta) diversity; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 State of the field; 6.3 Prospectus; 6.4 Key points 327 $a7 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 327 $a9 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 327 $a12.4 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 327 $a16.2 The diversity concept 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aBiodiversity 606 $aBiodiversity$xMonitoring 606 $aBiodiversity conservation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBiodiversity. 615 0$aBiodiversity$xMonitoring. 615 0$aBiodiversity conservation. 676 $a578.7 701 $aMagurran$b Anne E.$f1955-$064758 701 $aMcGill$b Brian J$0871586 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141260003321 996 $aBiological diversity$91945606 997 $aUNINA