A unified mathematical framework for the measurement of richness and evenness within and among multiple communities

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 377-387

  Olszewski, Thomas D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0942299969     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12519.x     Document Type: Article

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