Does land-use intensification decrease plant phylogenetic diversity in local grasslands?

Phylogenetic diversity (PD) has been successfully used as a complement to classical measures of biological diversity such as species richness or functional diversity. By considering the phylogenetic history of species, PD broadly summarizes the trait space within a community. This covers amongst oth...

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Main Authors: Eugen Egorov, Daniel Prati, Walter Durka, Stefan Michalski, Markus Fischer, Barbara Schmitt, Stefan Blaser, Martin Brändle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4111588?pdf=render

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