TY - T1 - Distance Decay of Similarity in Neotropical Diatom Communities SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/165843 T3 - A1 - Wetzel, Carlos E.; Bicudo, Denise de C.; Ector, Luc; Lobo, Eduardo A.; Soininen, Janne; Landeiro, Victor L.; Bini, Luis M. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2012 LA - eng AB - Background The regression of similarity against distance unites several ecological phenomena, and thus provides a highly useful approach for illustrating the spatial turnover across sites. Our aim was to test whether the rates of decay in community similarity differ between diatom growth forms suggested to show different dispersal ability. We hypothesized that the diatom group with lower dispersal ability (i.e. periphyton) would show higher distance decay rates than a group with higher dispersal... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - BETA-DIVERSITY; PARASITE COMMUNITIES; RICHNESS GRADIENTS; VASCULAR PLANTS; NORTH-AMERICA; URBAN FLORAS; PATTERNS; SCALE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ASSEMBLAGES; 1172 Environmental sciences N1 - PP - ER -