A measure for assessing functional diversity in ecological communities

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-167

  Schmera, Dénes ^a   Erős, Tibor ^b   Podani, János ^c  

^a Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^b BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fish; Functional attribute diversity; Species traits; Trichoptera; Unique functional unit

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADDISFLY; DISPERSION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 59849116235     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9152-9     Document Type: Article

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