Class information for:
Level 2: ECOLOGY//SPECIES RICHNESS//MACROECOLOGY

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
661 13412 52.1 66%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
3 4 PLANT SCIENCES//AGRONOMY//FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1882812
15 3       ECOLOGY//FORESTRY//BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 124126
661 2             ECOLOGY//SPECIES RICHNESS//MACROECOLOGY 13412
3032 1                   FUNCTIONAL TRAITS//ENVIRONMENTAL FILTERING//FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY 2082
4740 1                   CONNECTANCE//ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS//FOOD WEB 1734
5045 1                   ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION//COMPLEMENTARITY EFFECT//BIODIVERSITY ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING 1683
5613 1                   MACROEVOLUTION//COMPARATIVE METHOD//DIVERSIFICATION RATES 1597
7177 1                   MID DOMAIN EFFECT//RAPOPORTS RULE//DIVERSITY GRADIENTS 1396
8774 1                   METACOMMUNITY//BETA DIVERSITY//SPECIES SORTING 1218
9269 1                   ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY//NESTEDNESS//SMALL ISLAND EFFECT 1172
12539 1                   SPECIES ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION//NEUTRAL THEORY//ECOLOGICAL DRIFT 898
13112 1                   MACROECOLOGY//ABUNDANCE OCCUPANCY RELATIONSHIP//GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE SIZE 859
19777 1                   SAMPLE COVERAGE//SPECIES RICHNESS ESTIMATION//NUMBER OF CLASSES 490
25383 1                   THE SHANNON ENTROPY//FUNCTIONAL EQUATION OF SUM FORM//HILLS DIVERSITY NUMBERS 283

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 ECOLOGY WoSSC 508654 69% 3% 9204
2 SPECIES RICHNESS authKW 369627 7% 18% 917
3 MACROECOLOGY authKW 338518 2% 45% 330
4 COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY authKW 313420 2% 42% 332
5 FUNCTIONAL TRAITS authKW 245837 3% 31% 347
6 NESTEDNESS authKW 245465 2% 50% 215
7 ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION authKW 245323 3% 27% 397
8 GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY journal 244799 3% 27% 404
9 METACOMMUNITY authKW 234671 2% 50% 208
10 NULL MODEL authKW 217917 2% 44% 217

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 Ecology 508654 69% 3% 9204
2 Evolutionary Biology 77392 16% 2% 2160
3 Biodiversity Conservation 27979 7% 1% 971
4 Geography, Physical 19996 7% 1% 901
5 Biology 8582 8% 0% 1042
6 Forestry 5967 4% 1% 537
7 Plant Sciences 5643 10% 0% 1399
8 Mathematical & Computational Biology 3575 3% 0% 442
9 Genetics & Heredity 1415 6% 0% 766
10 Marine & Freshwater Biology 1068 3% 0% 453

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 INTEGRAT ECOL GRP 68079 1% 38% 78
2 ECOL 67995 7% 3% 910
3 BIO ERS MACROECOL GRP 63675 1% 35% 81
4 ECOL EVOLUTIONARY BIOL 63352 6% 4% 772
5 JF BLUMENBACH ZOOL ANTHROPOL 45987 1% 28% 73
6 MACROECOL EVOLUT CLIMATE 43827 1% 18% 105
7 ANIM PLANT SCI 40307 2% 7% 254
8 BIOL 36560 19% 1% 2531
9 ECOL ALPINE 33587 1% 15% 102
10 WATER ECOL TEAM 33348 0% 67% 22

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY 244799 3% 27% 404
2 ECOLOGY LETTERS 191468 3% 20% 431
3 OIKOS 163213 5% 10% 699
4 ECOLOGY 131167 6% 8% 745
5 ECOGRAPHY 115387 2% 16% 327
6 JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY 97883 3% 11% 408
7 AMERICAN NATURALIST 82549 3% 8% 447
8 SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY 50697 1% 13% 173
9 JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE 50068 2% 9% 241
10 METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 49271 1% 16% 136

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 SPECIES RICHNESS 369627 7% 18% 917 Search SPECIES+RICHNESS Search SPECIES+RICHNESS
2 MACROECOLOGY 338518 2% 45% 330 Search MACROECOLOGY Search MACROECOLOGY
3 COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY 313420 2% 42% 332 Search COMMUNITY+ASSEMBLY Search COMMUNITY+ASSEMBLY
4 FUNCTIONAL TRAITS 245837 3% 31% 347 Search FUNCTIONAL+TRAITS Search FUNCTIONAL+TRAITS
5 NESTEDNESS 245465 2% 50% 215 Search NESTEDNESS Search NESTEDNESS
6 ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION 245323 3% 27% 397 Search ECOSYSTEM+FUNCTION Search ECOSYSTEM+FUNCTION
7 METACOMMUNITY 234671 2% 50% 208 Search METACOMMUNITY Search METACOMMUNITY
8 NULL MODEL 217917 2% 44% 217 Search NULL+MODEL Search NULL+MODEL
9 ENVIRONMENTAL FILTERING 191001 1% 59% 142 Search ENVIRONMENTAL+FILTERING Search ENVIRONMENTAL+FILTERING
10 SPECIES AREA RELATIONSHIP 188661 2% 40% 206 Search SPECIES+AREA+RELATIONSHIP Search SPECIES+AREA+RELATIONSHIP

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 HOOPER, DU , CHAPIN, FS , EWEL, JJ , HECTOR, A , INCHAUSTI, P , LAVOREL, S , LAWTON, JH , LODGE, DM , LOREAU, M , NAEEM, S , ET AL (2005) EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE.ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS. VOL. 75. ISSUE 1. P. 3 -35 137 51% 2668
2 DUFFY, JE , GONZALEZ, A , HOOPER, DU , PERRINGS, C , VENAIL, P , NARWANI, A , MACE, GM , TILMAN, D , WARDLE, DA , KINZIG, AP , ET AL (2012) BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMANITY.NATURE. VOL. 486. ISSUE 7401. P. 59 -67 54 71% 917
3 AZAELE, S , SUWEIS, S , GRILLI, J , VOLKOV, I , BANAVAR, JR , MARITAN, A , (2016) STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: NEUTRAL THEORY AND BEYOND.REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS. VOL. 88. ISSUE 3. P. - 116 87% 1
4 PAVOINE, S , BONSALL, MB , (2011) MEASURING BIODIVERSITY TO EXPLAIN COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY: A UNIFIED APPROACH.BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS. VOL. 86. ISSUE 4. P. 792 -812 96 86% 130
5 MCGILL, BJ , ETIENNE, RS , GRAY, JS , ALONSO, D , ANDERSON, MJ , BENECHA, HK , DORNELAS, M , ENQUIST, BJ , GREEN, JL , HE, FL , ET AL (2007) SPECIES ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTIONS: MOVING BEYOND SINGLE PREDICTION THEORIES TO INTEGRATION WITHIN AN ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK.ECOLOGY LETTERS. VOL. 10. ISSUE 10. P. 995-1015 93 83% 380
6 HILLEBRAND, H , MATTHIESSEN, B , (2009) BIODIVERSITY IN A COMPLEX WORLD: CONSOLIDATION AND PROGRESS IN FUNCTIONAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH.ECOLOGY LETTERS. VOL. 12. ISSUE 12. P. 1405 -1419 93 83% 213
7 CARMONA, CP , DE BELLO, F , MASON, NWH , LEPS, J , (2016) TRAITS WITHOUT BORDERS: INTEGRATING FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY ACROSS SCALES.TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. VOL. 31. ISSUE 5. P. 382 -394 79 90% 5
8 MORLON, H , (2014) PHYLOGENETIC APPROACHES FOR STUDYING DIVERSIFICATION.ECOLOGY LETTERS. VOL. 17. ISSUE 4. P. 508 -525 73 86% 72
9 PETCHEY, OL , GASTON, KJ , (2006) FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY: BACK TO BASICS AND LOOKING FORWARD.ECOLOGY LETTERS. VOL. 9. ISSUE 6. P. 741-758 79 78% 591
10 HEINO, J , MELO, AS , SIQUEIRA, T , SOININEN, J , VALANKO, S , BINI, LM , (2015) METACOMMUNITY ORGANISATION, SPATIAL EXTENT AND DISPERSAL IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS: PATTERNS, PROCESSES AND PROSPECTS.FRESHWATER BIOLOGY. VOL. 60. ISSUE 5. P. 845 -869 104 53% 42

Classes with closest relation at Level 2


Rank Class id link
1 787 SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS//BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION//CONSERVATION PLANNING
2 859 SYNTAXONOMY//PHYTOSOCIOLOGY//JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
3 785 SEED DISPERSAL//FRUGIVORY//JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY
4 3565 BERGMANNS RULE//ISLAND RULE//BIOL ANIM UDI ZOOL
5 2981 CARABIDAE//GROUND BEETLES//CARABID BEETLES
6 309 JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS//RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
7 1055 BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS//MYCOHERBICIDE//INVASIVE PLANTS
8 3235 BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS//RESEARCH DATA//DATA SHARING
9 685 MACROINVERTEBRATES//TRICHOPTERA//AQUATIC INSECTS
10 2686 COLLEMBOLA//PEDOBIOLOGIA//MICROARTHROPODS

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