Avalanche index: A new measure of biodiversity based on biological heterogeneity of the communities

Current Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-133

  Ganeshaiah, K N ^a,b   Chandrashekara, K ^a   Kumar, A R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

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6. Named after the 'Avalanche Meetings' organized by 'Tuesday Group', UAS, Bangalore. During one such meeting, 'Biodiversity: Conceptual and empirical issues' held during Feb. 1997, the need for a measure of diversity that accounts for biological heterogeneity of the sample was felt and this index was developed.
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