A taxonomic distinctness index and its statistical properties

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-531

  Clarke, K R ^a   Warwick, R M ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Randomization test; Sampling effort; Unbiasedness; Variance estimate

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0032434042     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.3540523.x     Document Type: Article

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