EnvThes
MS Academic Keywords
[Henderson's] biological diversity result­ing from competition between species that produces a ﬁner adaptation of a species to the complete habitat, thus narrowing its range of tolerance to other environmental factors. Beta diversity is represented by the extent of change of species composi­tion along an environmental gradient, e.g. of altitude, from one habitat to another. The greater the change, the higher the beta diversity. alt. habitat diversiﬁcation. cf. alpha diversity.
variable
beta diversity