Measuring the functional redundancy of biological communities: a quantitative guide

Functional diversity through the mean trait dissimilarity: resolving shortcomings with existing paradigms and algorithms

(2016) Francesco de Bello et al.   OECOLOGIA

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Non-linear responses of functional diversity and redundancy to agricultural intensification at the field scale in Mediterranean arable plant communities

(2014) Irene Guerrero et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Then-dimensional hypervolume

(2014) Benjamin Blonder et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A New Measure of Functional Evenness and Some of Its Properties

(2014) Carlo Ricotta et al.   PLoS One

Distance-Based Functional Diversity Measures and Their Decomposition: A Framework Based on Hill Numbers

(2014) Chun-Huo Chiu et al.   PLoS One

Measuring Evolutionary Isolation for Conservation

(2014) David W. Redding et al.   PLoS One

Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs

(2014) D. Mouillot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Does Ordinal Cover Estimation Offer Reliable Quality Data Structures in Vegetation Ecological Studies?

(2013) Carlo Ricotta et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Allocating CSR plant functional types: the use of leaf economics and size traits to classify woody and herbaceous vascular plants

(2013) Simon Pierce et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Functional diversity: a tool for answering challenging ecological questions

(2013) Norman W. H. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

New biodiversity measure that includes consistent interspecific and intraspecific components

(2013) Sandrine Pavoine et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The importance of rare species: a trait-based assessment of rare species contributions to functional diversity and possible ecosystem function in tall-grass prairies

(2013) Meha Jain et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems

(2013) David Mouillot et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

(2012) S. Naeem et al.   SCIENCE

Clarifying and developing analyses of biodiversity: towards a generalisation of current approaches

(2012) Sandrine Pavoine   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Measuring diversity: the importance of species similarity

(2011) Tom Leinster et al.   ECOLOGY

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

(2011) Anthony D. Barnosky et al.   NATURE

CWM and Rao’s quadratic diversity: a unified framework for functional ecology

(2011) Carlo Ricotta et al.   OECOLOGIA

Functional Redundancy Patterns Reveal Non-Random Assembly Rules in a Species-Rich Marine Assemblage

(2011) Nicolas Guillemot et al.   PLoS One

Long foraging distances impose high costs on offspring production in solitary bees

(2010) Antonia Zurbuchen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Resemblance in phylogenetic diversity among ecological assemblages

(2010) David A. Nipperess et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The partitioning of diversity: showing Theseus a way out of the labyrinth

(2010) Francesco De Bello et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Assessing the functional turnover of species assemblages with tailored dissimilarity matrices

(2010) Carlo Ricotta et al.   OIKOS

Phylogenetic diversity metrics for ecological communities: integrating species richness, abundance and evolutionary history

(2009) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities

(2009) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Adapt or disperse: understanding species persistence in a changing world

(2009) MATTY P. BERG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Towards a trait-based quantification of species niche

(2009) C. Violle et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Measuring the contribution of community members to functional diversity

(2009) Dénes Schmera et al.   OIKOS

Diversity partitioning of Rao’s quadratic entropy

(2009) Carlo Ricotta et al.   THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY

Combining plant and animal traits to assess community functional responses to disturbance

(2008) Marco Moretti et al.   ECOGRAPHY

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY

Average functional distinctness as a measure of the composition of assemblages

(2008) P. J. Somerfield et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Taxonomical vs. functional responses of bee communities to fire in two contrasting climatic regions

(2008) Marco Moretti et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Towards a consensus for calculating dendrogram-based functional diversity indices

(2008) Maud Mouchet et al.   OIKOS