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. 2016 Jan 6;11(1):e0144779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144779

Table 1. Biodiversity metrics mapped for South Australia and associated datasets and tests.

Metric (full) Metric (short) Herbarium Plots Combined data Correction or test
Species richness of:
 • All species x x Non-parametric estimator
 • Native species x x -
 • Introduced species x -
 • Categorical endemics x x Compare observed ~ expected; non-parametric outlier statistics
 • Conservation-dependent species x x -
Georeferenced weighted endemism GWE x Compare observed ~ expected; non-parametric outlier statistics
Georeferenced phylogenetic endemism GPE x Compare observed ~ expected; non-parametric outlier statistics
Phylogenetic diversity PD x Compare observed ~ expected; non-parametric outlier statistics
Sørensen dissimilarity, mean of all pairwise comparisons x -
Sørensen dissimilarity, mean of comparisons among 5x5 cell moving window x -
Correspondence Analysis CA x -
Canonical Correspondence Analysis CCA x Mean difference along constrained axis within 3x3 moving window
Canonical Correspondence Analysis CCA x Slope of local polynomial regression to estimate high turnover and sensitivity
Hierarchical classification analysis HCA x Replacement component of Sørensen dissimilarity only; selected metrics re-calculated for 40 vegetation groups