Measuring dominance and diversity in ecological communities: Choosing the right variables

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 405-408

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a   Rundel, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cover; Density; Rarefaction; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; DOVERSITY; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER CHOICE;

EID: 0031474454     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237331     Document Type: Article

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