Scatterplots of beta-diversity indices against hypothetical ecological gradient for Scenario A.

<p>(a) β_Md (left axis) and β_Md-1 (right axis); linear regression trends, β_Md, for β_Md-1 ( for both). (b) β_Pt; linear regression trend, (). (c) β^*_Md, β^*_Md-1 (circles) and β^*_Pt (squares); linear regression trends, for β^*_Md β^*_Md-1, for β^*_Pt ( for all). Dashed trends in (a) and (b) depict linear trends of β^*_Md (and β^*_Md-1) and β^*_Pt retransformed to β_Md (and β_Md-1) and β_Pt, respectively. See <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0110485#pone-0110485-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a> for description of beta-diversity indices and <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0110485#pone-0110485-t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a> for data for Scenario A.