On the importance of intraspecific variability for the quantification of functional diversity

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-126

  Albert, Cécile H ^a   de Bello, Francesco ^b   Boulangeat, Isabelle ^a   Pellet, Gilles ^c   Lavorel, Sandra ^a   Thuiller, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ISRAEL TURKEY MENINGOENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84355166735     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19672.x     Document Type: Article

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