How many dimensions are needed to accurately assess functional diversity? A pragmatic approach for assessing the quality of functional spaces

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 728-740

  Maire, Eva ^a   Grenouillet, Gaël ^b   Brosse, Sébastien ^b   Villéger, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity indices; Functional dendrogram; Functional dissimilarity; Functional ecology; Functional traits; Multidimensional space

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 84929657046     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12299     Document Type: Article

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