Using the Gini coefficient with BIOLOG substrate utilisation data to provide an alternative quantitative measure for comparing bacterial soil communities

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Harch, Bronwyn D ^a   Correll, Raymond L ^a   Meech, Wendy ^b   Kirkby, Clive A ^a   Pankhurst, Clive E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; BIOLOG; Gini coefficient (G); Lorenz curve; Microbial communities; Shannon index (H)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0030885959     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(97)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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