Recommendations for the use of species diversity indices with reference to a recently published article as an example

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 703-705

  Itô, Yosiaki ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sample size; Shannon Wiener index; Simpson's index of diversity; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIVERSITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 34347212141     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0057-1     Document Type: Review

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