Formulating diversity vector for ecosystem comparison

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-513

  Roy, A ^a   Tripathi, S K ^a   Basu, S K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Community; Ecosystem diversity; Life forms; Shannon Wiener index; Taxonomic distance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4444308968     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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