The new diversity: Management gains through insights into the functional diversity of communities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1067-1069

  Cadotte, Marc W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community; Ecosystem function; Functional diversity; Management; Species richness; Species traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052804302     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02056.x     Document Type: Editorial

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