A geometrical index for measuring species diversity

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 651-658

  Campos, Diógenes ^a   Fernando Isaza, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity index; Biological diversity; Simpson index

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY INDEX; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; CURCULIONIDAE; FOREST TYPES; GEOMETRICAL CONCEPTS; GROWTH FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NEW INDICES; REAL DATUMS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; SECONDARY FORESTS; SIMPSON INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITIES; SPECIES RICHNESSES; SPHERE OF RADIUS R; SQUARE ROOTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 58149459991     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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