Quantifying Functional Biodiversity

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Pla, Laura (Συγγραφέας), Casanoves, Fernando (Συγγραφέας), Di Rienzo, Julio (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Biostatistics.; Ecology.; Biodiversity.; Climate change.; Life Sciences.; Climate Change.

Functional diversity (FD) – the value, range, and abundance of functional traits in a given community or ecosystem – is increasingly accepted as a synthetic ecological concept that sheds light on ecosystem functioning. Standard tools for comparing FD across different ecosystems and for different eco...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 Functional Diversity Approach To Quantify the Biodiversity
• 1.2 Functional Diversity Assessment
• 1.3 Classification of Ecosystem Services
• 1.4 Selection of Traits According to Ecosystem Service
• 1.5. Functional Diversity Quantification
• 2. Functional Groups
• 2.1 Selecting Trait and Its Relation With Ecosystem Services
• 2.2 A Guide For Data Arrangement
• 2.3 Statistical Procedures To Define Functional Groups
• 2.4 Functional Characterization of Coastal Sandy Plain Vegetation in Southeast Brazil
• 2.5 Functional Groups For Bird Species in Nicaragua
• 3. Functional Diversity Indices
• 3.1 About Functional Diversity Indices and Measures
• 3.2 Species Diversity Indices
• 3.3 Single-trait Metrics and Indices: Properties and Estimation
• 3.4 Multi-trait Indices: Properties and Estimation
• 3.5 Ability of Indices to Detect Some Ecological Processes
• 4. How To Estimate Functional Diversity Indices
• 4.1 The FDiversity Software: Capabilities and Data Management
• 4.1.1 How To Install FDiversity
• 4.1.2 Data Menu
• 4.1.3 Statistics and Output Menus
• 4.2 Case study: Changes in Functional Diversity in an Altitudinal Gradient
• 4.2.1 Sample Design and Trait Evaluation
• 4.2.2 The Database
• 4.2.3 Changes of Plant Functional Types With the Altitude
• 4.2.4 Changes of Functional Diversity Indices With the Altitude
• 4.3 Case study: Changes in Functional Diversity in a Chronosequence
• 4.3.1 Sample Design and Trait Evaluation
• 4.3.2 The Database
• 4.3.3 Changes of Plant Functional Types in the Chronosequence
• 4.4 Multivariate Graphical Projection Methods
• Index.