Using species proportions to quantify turnover in biodiversity
Abstract
Quantifying species turnover is an important aspect of biodiversity monitoring. Turnover measures are usually based on species presence/absence data, reflecting the rate at which species are replaced. However, measures that reflect the rate at which individuals of a species are replaced by individuals of another species are far more sensitive to change. In this paper, we propose families of turnover measures that reflect changes in species proportions. We study the properties of our measures, and use simulation to assess their success in detecting turnover. Using data on the British farmland bird community from the breeding bird survey, we evaluate our measures to quantify temporal turnover and how it varies across the British mainland.
Citation
Yuan , Y , Buckland , S T , Harrison , P , Foss , S & Johnston , A 2016 , ' Using species proportions to quantify turnover in biodiversity ' , Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics , vol. 21 , no. 2 , pp. 363-381 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13253-015-0243-0
Publication
Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1085-7117Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright 2016 The Author(s). This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Description
We are very grateful to all the volunteers who have contributed to the BBS. Yuan was funded by EPSRC/NERC grant EP/1000917/1. Harrison was funded by the Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise ClimateXChange (www.climatexchange.org.uk).Collections
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