A metric of biodiversity that integrates abundance, phylogeny, and function

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1191-1202

  Scheiner, Samuel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84863873110     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20607.x     Document Type: Article

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