An information-theoretical measure of taxonomic diversity

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-41

  Ricotta, C ^a   Avena, G C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information theory; Kullback's divergence; Quadratic entropy; Taxonomic distance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ENTROPY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TREE;

CLASSIFICATION; ENTROPY; GENETICS, POPULATION; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037270079     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023000322071     Document Type: Article

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