On plot-to-plot dissimilarity measures based on species functional traits

Community Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-119

  Ricotta, C ^a   Bacaro, G ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bray Curtis dissimilarity; Expected species shared; Functional diversity; Parametric dissimilarity; Species relative abundances

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; REPLACEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 77953823587     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.11.2010.1.16     Document Type: Article

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