A new framework for inferring community assembly processes in ecology

One of the most fundamental goals in ecology — determining the community assembly processes that have structured local communities — has been increasingly studied through the analysis of functional and phylogenetic diversity. Addressing growing evidence that inferences from these measures are often ambiguous to interpret, a new study published in the open access journal One Ecosystem, presents a conceptual framework integrating three approaches which reduces the likelihood of drawing incorrect conclusions.
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