Methods of measuring plant community functional diversity.

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Methods of measuring plant community functional diversity.

SONG Yan-tao1, WANG Ping2, ZHOU Dao-wei3**

1Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun 130024, China; 2 School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration of National Environmental Protection, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; 3Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, China

Online:2011-09-08 Published:2011-09-08

Abstract

Abstract: Plant community functional diversity is based on plant traits, and has been proposed as a key component of predicting ecosystem function. According to the constitution of species diversity, plant community functional diversity is usually described by functional richness, functional evenness, and functional divergence. This paper introduced these three kinds of indices used in plant community ecology, in hopes of better understanding the relationships between biodiversity, environment, and ecosystem functioning.

Key words: Plant, Root exudates, Methane production, Methane oxidation, Methane emission

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