Robustness of trait distribution metrics for community assembly studies under the uncertainties of assembly processes

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2873-2885

  Aiba, Masahiro ^a   Katabuchi, Masatoshi ^b   Takafumi, Hino ^c,e   Matsuzaki, Shin Ichiro S ^d   Sasaki, Takehiro ^a,f   Hiura, Tsutom ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Biotic interactions; Community assembly; Competition; Environmental filtering; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Habitat filtering; Limiting similarity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84892157216     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0269.1     Document Type: Article

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