Assessing the Importance of Intraspecific Variability in Dung Beetle Functional Traits.
Functional diversity indices are used to facilitate a mechanistic understanding of many theoretical and applied questions in current ecological research. The use of mean trait values in functional indices assumes that traits are robust, in that greater variability exists between than within species....
Main Authors: | Hannah M Griffiths, Julio Louzada, Richard D Bardgett, Jos Barlow |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0145598&type=printable |
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