Norman W. H. Mason

Research interests

Publications

• Trait probability density ( TPD ): measuring functional diversity across scales based on TPD with R

  Ecology · 2019 · 10.1002/ecy.2876

• Traits Without Borders: Integrating Functional Diversity Across Scales

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2016 · 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.003

• A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

  Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-123320

• Correlations between phylogenetic and functional diversity: mathematical artefacts or true ecological and evolutionary processes?

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12051

• Functional diversity: a tool for answering challenging ecological questions

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2013 · 10.1111/jvs.12097

• Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long‐term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity

  Journal of Ecology · 2012 · 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01965.x

• A guide for using functional diversity indices to reveal changes in assembly processes along ecological gradients

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2012 · 10.1111/jvs.12013

• A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.10.004

• Niche overlap reveals the effects of competition, disturbance and contrasting assembly processes in experimental grassland communities

  Journal of Ecology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01801.x

• Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

  PLoS ONE · 2011 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0017476

• Functional diversity measures: an overview of their redundancy and their ability to discriminate community assembly rules

  Functional Ecology · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01695.x

• Towards a consensus for calculating dendrogram‐based functional diversity indices

  Oikos · 2008 · 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16594.x

• NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

  Ecology · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1890/07-1206.1

• Functional characters combined with null models reveal inconsistency in mechanisms of species turnover in lacustrine fish communities

  Oecologia · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0727-x

• Evidence that niche specialization explains species–energy relationships in lake fish communities

  Journal of Animal Ecology · 2007 · 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01350.x

• Functional richness, functional evenness and functional divergence: the primary components of functional diversity

  Oikos · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13886.x

• An index of functional diversity

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2003 · 10.1658/1100-9233(2003)014[0571:aiofd]2.0.co;2

• An index of functional diversity

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2003 · 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02184.x

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