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functional divergence: a standalone construct

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functionaldivergence1 CONSTRUCTFunctional divergenceVILLÉGER · BIODIVERSITY AND

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Biodiversity and ecosystem function

the degree to which abundance lies toward the extremes of a community's trait space, measured as a multivariate index.

In biodiversity and ecosystem function, functional divergence refers to the degree to which abundance lies toward the extremes of a community's trait space, measured as a multivariate index. This meaning comes from Villéger (2008) in Ecology.[1]

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functional richness1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructbiodiversity3 names · 4 citationsjangle · one idea, four rival measurescommunity5 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs

References

  1. Villéger, S., Mason, N. W. H., & Mouillot, D. (2008). New Multidimensional Functional Diversity Indices for a Multifaceted Framework in Functional Ecology. Ecology, 89(8), 2290-2301. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-1206.1

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