Species richness and distortion in reciprocal averaging and detrended correspondence analysis

✍ Scribed by Dargie, T. C. D.

• Book ID: 104621260
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 228 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-5052
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00044879

✦ Synopsis

Gradients in beta diversity and species richness cause different forms of distortion in reciprocal averaging ordinations. Detrended correspondence analysis largely removes the beta diversity effect and reduces, but does not eliminate, the influence of species richness.