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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"functional dispersion"”.
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Effects of nutrient limitation on understory communities in a tropical forest
… influencing fern floristic composition and functional traits in montane tropical forests. My dissertation compares composition variation and decay-rates between terrestrial ferns and understory palms, since the extent to which their resource needs overlap has not been determined. …
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Traits and Trees: Exploring the edges of phylogenetic methods
… relationship between phylogenetic diversity and functional dispersion. Globally, I find that while phylogenetic diversity and functional dispersion are negatively correlated the relationship varies with latitude and longitude and is largely driven by the morphological constraints placed on birds …
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From camera traps to conservation: biodiversity and mammal functional diversity in the Langkloof Corridor, Eastern Cape province, South Africa
… This thesis investigated mammal diversity and functional trait diversity within the Langkloof corridor in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The Langkloof corridor is a key component of the Eden to Addo Corridor Initiative, which seeks to connect the Garden Route National Park, the Baviaanskloof …
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Long-term impacts of water quality and climate variability on Illinois River waterway fish assemblages
… proportion of predators, species richness, and functional diversity). Models found ammonia, dissolved oxygen, and clarity most capable of explaining the observed assemblage changes. Climate played a smaller, but important role. Moreover, assemblage attributes based on fish biomass tended to be …
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How climate change and agriculture could reshape the midwestern stream fish communities
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms