Quantifying Functional Biodiversity

by Fernando Casanoves, Julio Di Rienzo, Laura Plà

This book synthesizes current methods used to quantify functional diversity, providing step-by-step examples for defining functional groups and estimating functional indices. The authors show how to compare communities, and how to analyze changes of diversity along environmental gradients, using real-life examples throughout. One section of the book demonstrates the selection of traits, and the standardization and characterization of ecosystem data...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400726473
• ISBN13: 9789400726475
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"