Functional richness, functional evenness and functional divergence: The primary components of functional diversity

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 112-118

  Mason, Norman W H ^a   Mouillot, David ^b   Lee, William G ^c   Wilson, J Bastow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 26444592966     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13886.x     Document Type: Article

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