New measures for comparing the species diversity found in two or more habitats

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 691-720

  Guiasu, Radu Cornel ^a   Guiasu, Silviu ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

additive partitioning of diversity; biodiversity; conservation biology; diversity induced by pairs and triads of species; Rich Gini Simpson index; Weighted entropy; weighted quadratic index

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYLOGENETIC;

ADDITIVE PARTITIONING; ADDITIVE PARTITIONING OF DIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DIVERSITY INDUCED BY PAIR AND TRIAD OF SPECIES; DIVERSITY MEASURE; RICH-GINI-SIMPSON INDEX; SHANNON'S ENTROPY; SIMPSON'S INDEX; WEIGHTED ENTROPY; WEIGHTED QUADRATIC INDEX;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 78649565762     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488510006763     Document Type: Article

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