Measuring the number of co-dominants in ecological communities

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 519-525

  Kikvidze, Zaal ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abundance distribution; Community structure; Diversity; Dominance; Simpson's index

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE;

EID: 10344225517     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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