Single-trait functional indices outperform multi-trait indices in linking environmental gradients and ecosystem services in a complex landscape

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-17

  Butterfield, Bradley J ^a,b   Suding, Katharine N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community assembly; Ecosystem function; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Gradient analysis; Net ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BULK DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FORAGE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 84871475762     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12013     Document Type: Article

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