Combining richness and abundance into a single diversity index using matrix analogues of Shannon's and Simpson's indices

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 525-530

  Gorelick, Root ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; MATRIX; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 33845573228     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2006.04601.x     Document Type: Article

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