To dendrogram or not? Consensus methods show that is the question needed to move functional diversity metrics forward
Functional diversity indices have become important tools for measuring variation in species characteristics that are relevant for ecosystem services. A frequently used dendrogram-based method for measuring functional diversity, ‘FD’, was shown to be sensitive to methodological choices in its calcul...
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Language: | English |
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Queen's University
2015-08-01
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Series: | Ideas in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/IEE/article/view/5648 |