On the challenge of treating various types of variables: Application for improving the measurement of functional diversity

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-402

  Pavoine, Sandrine ^a,b   Vallet, Jeanne ^c   Dufour, Anne Béatrice ^d   Gachet, Sophie ^a,e   Daniel, Hervé ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 61849084056     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16668.x     Document Type: Article

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