The importance of rare species: a trait-based assessment of rare species contributions to functional diversity and possible ecosystem function in tall-grass prairies.

Autor: Jain M; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, New York, 10027., Flynn DF; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, New York, 10027 ; Northwest Institute for Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xining, 810008, China., Prager CM; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, New York, 10027., Hart GM; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, New York, 10027 ; Department of Botany, University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822., Devan CM; Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey, 07102., Ahrestani FS; Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802., Palmer MI; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, New York, 10027., Bunker DE; Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey, 07102., Knops JM; School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, 68588., Jouseau CF; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, New York, 10027 ; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité Paris, 75231,, France., Naeem S; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University New York, New York, 10027.

Publikováno v: Ecology and evolution [Ecol Evol] 2014 Jan; Vol. 4 (1), pp. 104-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 12.