Developing the multitrait concept for functional diversity: Lessons from a system rich in functions but poor in species

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2221-2236

  Törnroos, Anna ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biological traits; Common and rare species; Multiple environmental stressors; Spatial scale; Trait co variation; Trait richness and redundancy; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FAUNA; RARE SPECIES; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEA; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871206306     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2042.1     Document Type: Article

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