Beta diversity for functional ecology

Preslia

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-72

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a   Burrascano, Sabina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Euclidean distance; Functional dissimilaxity; Multivariate ANOVA; Nested sampling design; Randomization test

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 44649149179     PISSN: 00327786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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