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: Egorov, Eugen, Prati, Daniel, Durka, Walter, Michalski, Stefan, Fischer, Markus, Schmitt, Barbara, Blaser, Stefan, Brändle, Martin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111588/