Scale‐dependency of the environmental influence on fish β‐diversity: Implications for ecoregionalization and conservation

To determine the ecoregions (spatial marine areas with similar environmental and physical conditions associated with relatively homogeneous fish assemblages) for shallow reef fish assemblages based on predictive models of beta diversity (β‐diversity) that account for both large‐scale environmental factors and local habitat characteristics. We assessed the influence of a spatial scale to rank the importance of these factors.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Biogeography

• Publication date

  2018-06-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/jbi.13381
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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