Extinction and the loss of functional diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1501, 2002, Pages 1721-1727

  Petchey, Owen L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional group diversity; Redundancy; Species richness; Trait dependent extinction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0037158458     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2073     Document Type: Article

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