A consumer's guide to evenness indices

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-82

  Smith, Benjamin ^a   Wilson, J Bastow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

EVENNESS INDEX; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0030303752     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545749     Document Type: Article

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