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beta nearest taxon index — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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beta nearest taxon index

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 30 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on beta nearest taxon index with 30 nodes and 107 connections. Top connected: Crested Butte, East River, Organic matter decomposition, soil microbial community structure, drive-point piezometer groundwater sampling.

Definition

Metric calculated to determine deviation from null mean nearest taxon distance, used to identify whether deterministic or stochastic processes shape community composition

Related Terms (2)

βNTIBNTI

Publications (1)

Hyporheic Zone Microbiome Assembly Is Linked to Dynamic Water Mixing Patterns in Snowmelt-Dominated Headwater Catchments

2019Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Related Concepts (8)

Organic matter decomposition

process1 shared paper

soil microbial community structure

phenomenon1 shared paper

gravimetric methods

process1 shared paper

groundwater-surface water interactions

process1 shared paper

hyporheic zone

phenomenon1 shared paper

homogenizing selection

process1 shared paper

nominal oxidation state of carbon

metric1 shared paper

natural attenuation

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Ignavibacterium

Ignavibacteriaceae1 paper

Ignavibacterium album

Ignavibacteriaceae1 paper

Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans

Cystobacteraceae1 paper

Flagellates