Decomposing functional diversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 809-820

  Scheiner, Samuel M ^a   Kosman, Evsey ^b   Presley, Steven J ^c   Willig, Michael R ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha diversity; bats; beta diversity; dispersion; diversity metric; evenness; functional trait; gamma diversity; Hill diversity; Peru; species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006382022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12696     Document Type: Article

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