Quantifying and interpreting functional diversity of natural communities: Practical considerations matter

Preslia

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-501

  Lepš, Jan ^a,b   de Bello, Francesco ^a,c   Lavorel, Sandra ^d   Berman, Sandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity index; Functional trait; Grasslands; Intraspecific and interspecific diversity; PCA; Rao index; Resource use efficiency; Sampling effect; SLA; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 33845604394     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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