The use of taxonomic diversity indices in the assessment of perturbed community recovery

Advances in Ecological Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue , 2003, Pages 111-120

  Desrochers, R E ^a   Anand, M ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COPPER SMELTING; ECOLOGY; ENTROPY; NICKEL SMELTING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

QUADRATIC ENTROPY; SHANNON ENTROPY; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC ENTROPY;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 2942657459     PISSN: 13698273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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