Defining, Measuring, and Partitioning Species Diversity

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 434-446

  Tuomisto, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Evenness; Gamma diversity; Horn index; Jaccard index; Morisita Horn index; Richness; Shannon index; Simpson index; Species turnover; S rensen index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889799396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00378-6     Document Type: Chapter

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