Quantifying Functional Biodiversity

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Functional Diversity Approach To Quantify the Biodiversity.- 1.2 Functional Diversity Assessment.- 1.3 Classification of Ecosystem Services.- 1.4 Selection of Traits According to Ecosystem Service.- 1.5. Functional Diversity Quantification.- 2. Functional Groups.- 2.1 Selecting Trait and Its Relation With Ecosystem Services.- 2.2 A Guide For Data Arrangement.- 2.3 Statistical Procedures To Define Functional Groups.- 2.4 Functional Characterization of Coastal Sandy Plain Vegetation in Southeast Brazil.- 2.5 Functional Groups For Bird Species in Nicaragua.- 3. Functional Diversity Indices.- 3.1 About Functional Diversity Indices and Measures.- 3.2 Species Diversity Indices.- 3.3 Single-trait Metrics and Indices: Properties and Estimation.- 3.4 Multi-trait Indices: Properties and Estimation.- 3.5 Ability of Indices to Detect Some Ecological Processes.- 4. How To Estimate Functional Diversity Indices.- 4.1 The FDiversity Software: Capabilities and Data Management.- 4.1.1 How To Install FDiversity.- 4.1.2 Data Menu.- 4.1.3 Statistics and Output Menus.- 4.2 Case study: Changes in Functional Diversity in an Altitudinal Gradient.- 4.2.1 Sample Design and Trait Evaluation.- 4.2.2 The Database.- 4.2.3 Changes of Plant Functional Types With the Altitude.- 4.2.4 Changes of Functional Diversity Indices With the Altitude.- 4.3 Case study: Changes in Functional Diversity in a Chronosequence.- 4.3.1 Sample Design and Trait Evaluation.- 4.3.2 The Database.- 4.3.3 Changes of Plant Functional Types in the Chronosequence.- 4.4 Multivariate Graphical Projection Methods.- Index.