Which trait dissimilarity for functional diversity: Trait means or trait overlap?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 807-819

  De Bello, Francesco ^a,b   Carmona, Carlos P ^c   Mason, Norman W H ^d   Sebastià, Maria Teresa ^e   Lepš, Jan ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Community assembly; Environmental filtering; Functional traits; Intraspecific trait variability; Niche complementarity; Rao

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84881271588     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12008     Document Type: Article

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