Range of validity of α and β for a generalized diversity index H(α, β) due to Good

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-128

  Baczkowski, A J ^a   Joanes, D N ^a   Shamia, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity indices; Schur concave

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031955308     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(97)10013-X     Document Type: Article

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