Niche overlap estimates based on quantitative functional traits: A new family of non-parametric indices

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-353

  Mouillot, David ^a   Stubbs, Wendy ^b   Faure, Matthieu ^a   Dumay, Olivier ^a   Tomasini, J Antoine ^a   Wilson, J Bastow ^c   Chi, Thang Do ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Biodiversity and Conservation ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon fishes; Kernel estimator; Sand dune plant community; Weighted average overlap

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INDEX METHOD; VEGETATION INDEX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PISCES;

EID: 26044458844     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0151-z     Document Type: Article

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