A comparison of five classifications of species into functional groups in tropical forests of French Guiana

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-83

  Picard, Nicolas ^a   Köhler, Peter ^b   Mortier, Frédéric ^a   Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; Plant functional groups; Plant traits; Rand Index; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864307820     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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