How functional is functional? Ecological groupings in terrestrial animal ecology: Towards an animal functional type approach

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2333-2345

  Blaum, Niels ^a   Mosner, Eva ^b,c   Schwager, Monika ^d   Jeltsch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^d BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological classification; Effect group; Environmental relationships; Functional trait; Functional type; Guild; Response group; Trait selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GUILD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052516982     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-9995-1     Document Type: Review

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