On the challenge of treating various types of variables: application for improving the measurement of functional diversity

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Oikos

• Publication date

  2009-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Mathematics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1600-0706.2008.16668.X
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