The mean and variance of phylogenetic diversity under rarefaction

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 566-572

  Nipperess, David A ^a   Matsen, Frederick A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Phylogenetic diversity; Rarefaction sampling depth

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878905185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12042     Document Type: Article

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