Functional‐diversity indices can be driven by methodological choices and species richness

Volume: 90, Issue: 2, Pages: 341 - 347
Published: Feb 1, 2009
Abstract
Functional diversity is an important concept in community ecology because it captures information on functional traits absent in measures of species diversity. One popular method of measuring functional diversity is the dendrogram‐based method, FD. To calculate FD, a variety of methodological choices are required, and it has been debated about whether biological conclusions are sensitive to such choices. We studied the probability that...
Paper Details
Title
Functional‐diversity indices can be driven by methodological choices and species richness
Published Date
Feb 1, 2009
Journal
Volume
90
Issue
2
Pages
341 - 347
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