The scientists investigated what's called alpha, beta and gamma diversity at these sites. Alpha diversity refers to the number of species in a patch, while beta diversity refers to how species ...

"If not alpha diversity than it had to come from the beta diversity, but how?" Patzkowsky and Holland suggest two ways beta diversity could increase gamma diversity. One way to increase beta ...

The reason why a strange type of arachnid in New Zealand becomes one of three types of males—alpha, beta, and gamma—has been ... This study may reveal that in species with different types ...

"If not alpha diversity than it had to come from the beta diversity, but how?" Patzkowsky and Holland suggest two ways beta diversity could increase gamma diversity. One way to increase beta ...