Species diversity and functional diversity relationship varies with disturbance intensity

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Biswas, Shekhar R ^a,b   Mallik, Azim U ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Disturbance gradients; Diversity indices; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Outlier effect; Riparian plant community; Species evenness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859631292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00206.1     Document Type: Article

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