Revisiting the relation between species diversity and information theory

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-283

  Camargo, Julio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecology; Information theory; Relation revisited; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ECOLOGY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGORITHMS; ECOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57049180077     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-008-9053-x     Document Type: Review

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