Towards a complex, plural and dynamic approach to diversity: Rejoinder to Myers and Patil, Podani, and Sarkar

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-146

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

and diversity; Complementarity; Dissimilarity; Ecological indicators; Florula diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMPLEMENTARITY;

EID: 33748976341     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-006-8258-0     Document Type: Review

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