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Gamma Diversity

Gamma Diversity is a biodiversity metric that quantifies the total species diversity across multiple habitats or ecosystems within a region, distinguishing itself from alpha and beta diversity by integrating species richness at the largest spatial scale.

257

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19.8K

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1.3K

Authors

658

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2017–2026

114

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Publications

257

Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity

Robert J. Whittaker, Katherine J. Willis, Richard Field · Journal of Biogeography · 2001 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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A diversity of beta diversities: straightening up a concept gone awry. Part 1. Defining beta diversity as a function of alpha and gamma diversity

Hanna Tuomisto · Ecography · 2010 · 1K citations

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A new conceptual and methodological framework for exploring and explaining pattern in presence – absence data

János Podani, Dénes Schmera · Oikos · 2011 · 508 citations

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Biodiversity: towards a unifying theme for river ecology

Ward, Tockner · Freshwater Biology · 2001 · 493 citations · Full text

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ELEVATIONAL GRADIENTS IN DIVERSITY OF SMALL MAMMALS

Christy M. McCain · Ecology · 2005 · 466 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AC
    Anne Chao

    National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. CC
    Chun‐Huo Chiu

    National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

    5 publications · 800 citations

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  3. GH
    Gonzalo Halffter

    Instituto de Ecología, Mexico

    5 publications · 912 citations

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  4. PC
    Pedro Cardoso

    Finnish Museum of Natural History, Finland

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  5. CR
    Carlo Ricotta

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    4 publications · 400 citations

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Institutions

658

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    48 publications

    3K citations

  2. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research

    Leipzig, Germany

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    782 citations

  5. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

    Halle, Germany

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    505 citations

  6. Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Maringá, Brazil

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    516 citations

  8. National Tsing Hua University

    Hsinchu, Taiwan

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    2.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Ecology

    12 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Biogeography

    11 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. Global Ecology and Biogeography

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

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  4. PLoS ONE

    10 publications · 703 citations

    10

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  5. Journal of Applied Ecology

    10 publications · 1.5K citations

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