Evolution and measurement of species diversity¶
Whittaker, R. H. (1972). Evolution and measurement of species diversity. Taxon, 213-251.
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- Diversity
- Diversity requires categorical distinctness: different types, not just different magnitudes—a separation Whittaker (1972) formalized in his alpha/beta/gamma decomposition of diversity into within-habitat, between-habitat, and total dimensions.
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Whittaker's 1972 abstract supports the paper's diversity-measurement frame and its use of alpha diversity, but never mentions beta or gamma diversity or a formal decomposition.
“Its complexity relates to the community's richness in species, its alpha diversity.”
- Diversity requires categorical distinctness: different types, not just different magnitudes—a separation Whittaker (1972) formalized in his alpha/beta/gamma decomposition of diversity into within-habitat, between-habitat, and total dimensions.
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