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Linking multidimensional functional diversity to quantitative methods: a graphical hypothesis-evaluation framework

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Boersma, Kate S., Dee, Laura E., Miller, Steve J., Bogan, Michael T., Lytle, David A., and Gitelman, Alix I.

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Functional trait analysis is an appealing approach to study differences among biological communities because traits determine species' responses to the environment and their impacts on ecosystem functioning. Despite a rapidly expanding quantitative literature, it remains challenging to conceptualize concurrent changes in multiple trait dimensions (“trait space”) and select quantitative functional...

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/ Bellamy, P. E., P. Rothery, and S. A. Hinsley. 2003. Synchrony of woodland bird populations: the effect
Aquatic community responses to drought disturbance: experimental manipulations of top predator extinctions and stream drying

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Boersma, Kate S.

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Although it is generally assumed that the intensifying abiotic environment is the primary effect of drought on aquatic organisms, drought-induced top predator extinctions may be an important underlying mechanism. I used manipulative experiments to disentangle the impacts of drying and top predator extinctions on arid-land aquatic invertebrate communities. I then...

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Dissertation

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