Functional diversity: An overview of its history and applicability

Natureza e Conservacao

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 112-116

  Laureto, Livia Maira Orlandi ^a   Cianciaruso, Marcus Vinicius ^a   Samia, Diogo Soares Menezes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem services; Functional traits; Species function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960311185     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncon.2015.11.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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