Relationships among indices suggest that richness is an incomplete surrogate for grassland biodiversity

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1178-1184

  Wilsey, Brian J ^a   Chalcraft, David R ^b,c,d   Bowles, Christy M ^b   Willig, Michael R ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diversity indices; Dominance; Grasslands; Rarity; Species evenness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; RARITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 18444394052     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0394     Document Type: Article

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