Essays about: "beta-diversity."

Found 3 essays containing the word beta-diversity..

1. 1. MOUNTAIN ROADS AND THE HOMOGENIZATION OF PLANTS. A study on plant communities and their traits along the elevational gradient.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

   Author : Violetta Chernoray; [2022-09-28]
   Keywords : anthropogenic disturbance; spatial ecology; Northern Scandes; functional traits; roadsides; beta-diversity.;

   Abstract : Overexploitation, land use, and other anthropogenic disturbances have increased in recent years, and are expected to increase even further. A very common anthropogenic disturbance, that can be seen even as far as in mountain regions, is roads. READ MORE

3. 2. Microbial community responses to freeze : thaw cycles in active layer soils of permafrost tundra, Disko Island, Greenland

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Isabelle Gough; [2019]
   Keywords : microbial ecology; active layer soils; bacteria; fungi; permafrost system; amplicon-sequencing; QIIME2; FUN-guild; ; greenhouse gas fluxes; fluorogenic enzyme as-says;

   Abstract : Permafrost affected soils are a vast pool of Carbon, storing around 1300Pg below the ground. As a result of climate change, permafrost soils that have been frozen for thousands of years are thawing, causing the ancient organic matter to be metabolised by microorgan-isms. READ MORE

4. 3. Biodiversity assessment for coastal fish communities in the Baltic Sea

   University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

   Author : Aline Vullioud; [2016]
   Keywords : biodiversity; Baltic Sea; coastal fish communities; biodiversity changes; size-class;

   Abstract : Biodiversity becomes of increasing concern in management of marine ecosystems. Measures of biodiversity are numerous and have been largely developed. Biodiversity can be partitioned in different components that indicate, for example, spatial and temporal changes in any communities. READ MORE