Parametric scaling from species relative abundances to absolute abundances in the computation of biological diversity: A first proposal using Shannon's entropy

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information theory; Mass ratio hypothesis; Parametric diversity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENTROPY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENTROPY; FRACTALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041565164     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025142106292     Document Type: Article

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