Quantifying functional biodiversity
Laura Pla <laura@reacciun.ve>, <biometrialaura@gmail.com>
Fernando Casanoves <casanoves@catie.ac.cr>
Julio Di Rienzo <dirienzo@agro.unc.edu.ar>, <dirienzo.julio@gmail.com>

Extra Material for Chapter 2: Functional groups 

There are six files for Chapter2:

1.This readme first birds.txt file with information about the other files

2.File Birds of Nicaragua.xls: Excel file with four sheets having information about traits values and species presence used to defined Functional Group of Nicaraguas birds. 

3.File Traits by bird sp Nicaragua.IDB2: InfoStat file with information about bird species trait values.

4.File Bird sp by land use Nicaragua.IDB2: InfoStat file with information about presence of bird species in different land uses.

5.File Concat bird sp by use Nicaragua.IDB2: InfoStat file with merging information about trait values and bird species abundance by land use. 

6.File Res traits by bird sp Nicaragua.IDB2: InfoStat file with information about species traits, trait values transformation, and Functional Group they belong.


To open InfoStat files you have to download InfoStat statistical software from www.infostat.com.ar . There is a free version (with small limitations) and a professional version with no restrictions. The entire example may be run using the free version. 

To open FDiversity files you have to download FDiversity software from www.fdiversity.nucleodiversus.org and install it following the tutorial of Section 4.1 or the instructions you will find en the User Manual (available from FDiversity Help menu and/or the web page).
