TY  - JOUR
AU  - Buckland, S.T.
AU  - Yuan, Y.
AU  - Marcon, E.
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Measuring temporal trends in biodiversity
T2  - AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis
JO  - AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis
SP  - 461
EP  - 474
VL  - 101
IS  - 4
KW  - Biodiversity measures
KW  - Diversity profiles
KW  - Geometric mean
KW  - Species similarity
KW  - Turnover measures
N2  - In 2002, nearly 200 nations signed up to the 2010 target of the Convention for Biological Diversity, ‘to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010’. To assess whether the target was met, it became necessary to quantify temporal trends in measures of diversity. This resulted in a marked shift in focus for biodiversity measurement. We explore the developments in measuring biodiversity that was prompted by the 2010 target. We consider measures based on species proportions, and also explain why a geometric mean of relative abundance estimates was preferred to such measures for assessing progress towards the target. We look at the use of diversity profiles, and consider how species similarity can be incorporated into diversity measures. We also discuss measures of turnover that can be used to quantify shifts in community composition arising, for example, from climate change. © 2017, The Author(s).
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027314068&doi=10.1007%2fs10182-017-0308-1&partnerID=40&md5=639299e59db922420f9829dff97b239c
L1  - http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/files/buckland/2017/769_Buckland_etal2017.pdf
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10182-017-0308-1
N1  - Cited By :1; Export Date: 2 November 2017
ID  - Buckland_etal2017
ER  -