Beta diversity is an important concept used to describe turnover in species composition
across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, and it underpins much of conservation …

Patterns in species incidence and compositional turnover are central to understanding what
drives biodiversity. Here we propose zeta (ζ) diversity, the number of species shared by …

A common approach for analysing geographical variation in biodiversity involves using
linear models to determine the rate at which species similarity declines with geographical or …

Aim Understanding the biodiversity–stability relationship has become a central issue in
ecology and conservation biology. Although the stabilizing effects of tree species diversity …

The diversity patterns of plants at large scale are broadly documented, but that of soil fungi
remains elusive. Limited reports on soil fungal biogeography mainly are based on species …

Aims Understanding what drives the variation in species composition and diversity among
local communities can provide insights into the mechanisms of community assembly …

The decay of assemblage similarity with spatial distance can be explained by alternative
mechanisms: dispersal limitation and species sorting. To understand their relative …

Aims Patterns of spatial community dissimilarity have inspired a large body of theory in
ecology and biogeography. Yet key gaps remain in our understanding of the local‐scale …

Aim We examined the responses of the beta diversity of aquatic and terrestrial beetles to
ecogeographical variables, including climate, land cover and land use, across Northern …

Abstract Aim Our aims were:(1) to separately evaluate the elevational patterns of β‐diversity
for nestedness, species richness difference and replacement,(2) to identify the drivers of β …