The derivation of log-transformed abundance data for the quantitative analysis of macroinvertebrate traits - an addendum to 'A macroecological perspective of trait patterns in stream communities' by Heino et al. (2013)

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1546-1550

  Monaghan, Kieran A ^a   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO TOCANTINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance weighting; Log transformation; Macroinvertebrates; Quantitative analysis; Trait abundance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901838641     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12287     Document Type: Article

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