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Insect Functional Diversity

Insect Functional Diversity is a measure of the variety of ecological roles, behaviors, and physiological traits performed by insect species within an ecosystem, distinguished from other dimensions of biodiversity by its focus on functional traits that influence ecosystem processes.

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Seasonal Adaptations of Insects

L. R. Taylor, Maurice J. Tauber, Catherine A. Tauber et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1987 · 1.6K citations

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Vegetational Diversity and Arthropod Population Response

David A. Andow · Annual Review of Entomology · 1991 · 1.4K citations

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Functional trait niches of North American lotic insects: traits-based ecological applications in light of phylogenetic relationships

N. LeRoy Poff, Julian D. Olden, Nicole K. M. Vieira et al. · Journal of the North American Benthological Society · 2006 · 888 citations · Full text

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Revision of the lifestyles of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and implications for biological control strategies

J. A. McMurtry, Gilberto J. de Morães, Nazer Famah Sourassou · Systematic and Applied Acarology · 2013 · 829 citations · Full text

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Functional group diversity of bee pollinators increases crop yield

Patrick Hoehn, Teja Tscharntke, Jason M. Tylianakis et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2008 · 750 citations · Full text

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    Teja Tscharntke

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    14 publications · 2.7K citations

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    Konrad Fiedler

    University of Vienna, Austria

    15 publications · 721 citations

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    Alan N. Andersen

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    11 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Michael J. Samways

    Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    11 publications · 398 citations

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    Jörg Müller

    Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany

    10 publications · 788 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    27 h-index

    129 publications

    5.9K citations

  2. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    26 h-index

    107 publications

    13.2K citations

  3. University of Würzburg

    Würzburg, Germany

    24 h-index

    62 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

    Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    19 h-index

    54 publications

    3.4K citations

  5. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    19 h-index

    65 publications

    2.6K citations

  6. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    19 h-index

    44 publications

    4K citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    18 h-index

    64 publications

    5.7K citations

  8. Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    2.6K citations

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  1. PLoS ONE

    53 publications · 3K citations

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  2. Journal of Chemical Ecology

    41 publications · 2K citations

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  3. Ecology

    31 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

    27 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. Oecologia

    33 publications · 2.2K citations

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