An index of divergence from species to life-form diversity based on the notion of intrinsic diversity ordering

Plant Ecology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-222

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a   Avena, Giancarlo ^a   Chiarucci, Alessandro ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diversity indices; Evolutionary convergence; Intrinsic diversity profile; Life form; Nested data space; Scaling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; GROWTH FORM; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 0037284414     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022295125043     Document Type: Article

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