On dendrograms, ordinations and functional spaces: Methodo-logical choices or pitfalls?

Cianciaruso, MV, Sobral, FL and Lees, AC (2017) On dendrograms, ordinations and functional spaces: Methodo-logical choices or pitfalls? Frontiers of Biogeography, 9 (3). ISSN 1948-6596

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Abstract

A number of concerns persist regarding (i) how functional spaces should be quantified, (ii) how phylogenetic richness should be calculated, (iii) and how functional beta diversity should be calculated. Because all current methods have their shortcomings we think that analytical choices are as much a matter of knowing the limitations of the data and knowing the working hypothesis. Only then can one follow their personal choice, weighing up the shortcomings of different methods that, at the end of the day, usually produce qualitatively similar results.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	22 Dec 2017 12:01
Publisher:	International Biogeography Society/eScholarship
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article published in Frontiers of Biogeography, published by International Biogeography Society/eScholarship, copyright The Author(s).
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/619657
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.21425/F59335464
ISSN	1948-6596

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