Sentence examples for functional richness from inspiring English sources

In addition to a gradient of species and functional richness, two experimentally manipulated environmental changes increase abiotic and biotic novelty.

The density of individuals increased significantly during the experiment, in contrast to the taxonomic and functional richness.

Data were summarized by calculating species constancy, and alpha, beta, gamma diversity and functional richness.

Species richness was one, but not the only driver of functional richness in our system.

Exponential increases in density and taxonomic and functional richness during the decomposition process and a tendency towards stabilization at the end of the experiment are expected.

Functional richness was found to decrease with urbanisation, while functional evenness and divergence increased in a nonlinear way.

We combined datasets of birds and bats and compared their response as taxonomic vs. functional richness towards forest structure.

We used three functional diversity indices for avian assemblages (functional richness, functional evenness, and community-weighted specialization as a measure of functional biotic homogenization).

We compared functional richness and functional β-diversity based on resource-use traits of frogs between three land-use categories in a rainforest ecosystem in Madagascar.

Our study revealed distinct changes in resource-use trait composition and complex patterns in the relationship between species richness and functional richness.

The area covered by native habitat fragments surrounding plantation forests is positively related to functional richness, including the presence of species more vulnerable to extinction in fragmented landscapes.