A contribution diversity approach to evaluate species diversity

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Lu, Hui Ping ^a,b   Wagner, Helene H ^c   Chen, Xiao Yong ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory for Ecological Processes and Restoration in Urban Areas   (China)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Additive partitioning; Simpson's index; Species richness; diversity; diversity; diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845929249     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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