A unified index to measure ecological diversity and species rarity

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-456

  Mendes, Renio S ^a   Evangelista, Luiz R ^a   Thomaz, Sidinei M ^a   Agostinho, Angelo A ^a   Gomes, Luiz C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; ENTROPY; RARITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

EID: 49749093375     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.05469.x     Document Type: Article

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