FDiversity: A software package for the integrated analysis of functional diversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-237

  Casanoves, Fernando ^a   Pla, Laura ^b   Di Rienzo, Julio A ^c   Díaz, Sandra ^d  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance trait profile; Biodiversity; Ecosystem properties; Ecosystem services; Free software; Functional traits; Linear models; R Project

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551642139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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