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Functional diversity may be summarized using indices based on trait values and species importance in the community, like abundance, cover and biomass. This chapter includes taxonomy of the indices based upon the information they used and the output they offer. For each index we have included its definition, the information needed to estimate it, their statistical and ecological properties, and some reference to explore its application to real cases. To facilitate the comprehension of all indices and diversity measures we used homogeneous notation.
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FDiversity team is integrated by the authors of this book and is the developer team of FDiversity, statistical software to calculate functional diversity with extended capabilities (Di Rienzo et al. 2008).
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Pla, L., Casanoves, F., Di Rienzo, J. (2012). Functional Diversity Indices. In: Quantifying Functional Biodiversity. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2648-2_3
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