The multidimensionality of the niche reveals functional diversity changes in benthic marine biotas across geological time

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 561-568

  Villéger, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Novack Gottshall, Philip M ^d   Mouillot, David ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Corals; Functional dissimilarity; Functional richness; Functional traits; Palaeozoic fossils

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84931749038     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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