To cite the FD package in publications please use:

Laliberté, E., and P. Legendre (in press) A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits. Ecology.

Laliberté, E. (2009). FD: measuring functional diversity from multiple traits. R package version 1.0-1.

See http://www.elaliberte.info/publications for the final reference when the article is published.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @article{,
    title = {A distance-based framework for measuring functional
      diversity from multiple traits},
    author = {Etienne Laliberté and Pierre Legendre},
    journal = {Ecology},
    year = {in press},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {FD: measuring functional diversity from multiple traits},
    author = {Etienne Laliberté},
    year = {2009},
    note = {R package version 1.0-1},
  }