Diversity measurement combining relative abundances and taxonomic distinctiveness of species

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-217

  Weikard, Hans Peter ^a   Punt, Maarten ^a   Wesseler, Justus ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indices; Relative abundance; Species monotonicity; Taxonomic distinctiveness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INDICES AND EQUATIONS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

EID: 33644820290     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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