Is there a "true" diversity?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-215

  Hoffmann, Sönke ^a   Hoffmann, Andreas ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MAGDEBURG STENDAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diversity measurement; Effective numbers; True diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 39549094019     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.009     Document Type: Note

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