Improving the application of vertebrate trait-based frameworks to the study of ecosystem services

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1065-1076

  Luck, Gary W ^a   Lavorel, Sandra ^b   Mcintyre, Sue ^c   Lumb, Katrina ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian function; Birds; Ecosystem function; Effect traits; Environmental change; Functional traits; Response traits; Trait approaches

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLIGHT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORCHARD; PEST CONTROL; SERVICE PROVISION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYDIA POMONELLA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INVERTEBRATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864933998     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01974.x     Document Type: Article

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