Chapter 6. Paleobiogeography and Paleoecology
- Øyvind Hammer,
- David A.T. Harper
Published Online: 30 NOV 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470750711.ch6
Copyright © 2006 by Øyvind Hammer and David A.T. Harper
Book Title
Paleontological Data Analysis
Additional Information
How to Cite
Hammer, Ø. and Harper, D. A.T. (eds) (2007) Paleobiogeography and Paleoecology, in Paleontological Data Analysis, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470750711.ch6
Publication History
- Published Online: 30 NOV 2007
- Published Print: 1 NOV 2005
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405115445
Online ISBN: 9780470750711
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- biodiversity indices;
- taxonomic distinctness;
- diversity curves;
- non-metric multidimensional scaling;
- principal coordinates analysis
Summary
This chapter contains section titled:
Introduction
Biodiversity indices
Taxonomic distinctness
Comparison of diversity indices
Abundance models
Rarefaction
Diversity curves
Size -frequency and survivorship curves
Association similarity indices for presence/absence data
Association similarity indices for abundance data
ANOSIM and NPMANOVA
Correspondence analysis
Principal coordinates analysis (PCO)
Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS)
Seriation