Predicting trophic guild and diet overlap from functional traits: Statistics, opportunities and limitations for marine ecology

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 436, Issue , 2011, Pages 17-28

  Albouy, C ^a,b   Guilhaumon, F ^a,c,e   Villeger S ^a   Mouchet, M ^a   Mercier, L ^a   Culioli, J M ^d   Tomasini, J A ^a   Le Loc'h, F ^b   Mouillot, D ^a,f  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c CITA A (Azorean Biodiversity Group)   (Portugal)

^d Office de l'Environement de Corse   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fish; Generalized dissimilarity modeling; Mediterranean; Non linear model; Random forest; Versatility

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY OVERLAP; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GUILD STRUCTURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; NONLINEARITY; PREDICTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 80052308395     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09240     Document Type: Article

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