A 'fast-food approach' to the standardization of quadratic diversity

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-413

  Ricotta, C ^a   Avena, G C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concavity; Euclidean distances; Simpson's diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244464373     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500500158736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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