Functional Diversity Measures

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 597-608

  Mason, Norman W H ^a   Mouillot, David ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Assembly; Beta diversity; Biomass; Community; Ecosystem function; Environmental filtering; Functional trait; Litter decomposition; Niche complementarity; Nutrient cycling; Productivity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041200363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00356-7     Document Type: Chapter

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