Generating species assemblages for restoration and experimentation: A new method that can simultaneously converge on average trait values and maximize functional diversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1764-1771

  Laughlin, Daniel C ^a   Chalmandrier, Loïc ^a   Joshi, Chaitanya ^b   Renton, Michael ^c   Dwyer, John M ^d,e   Funk, Jennifer L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community assembly; complementarity; ecological restoration; functional diversity; r package; selectSpecies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047620160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13023     Document Type: Article

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