The relationship between functional and taxonomic homogenization

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-144

  Baiser, Benjamin ^a   Lockwood, Julie L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; Bird communities; Extinction; Functional homogenization; Invasion; Trait redundancy

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXTINCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AVES;

EID: 78650070848     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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