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Preferred term

diversity index

Definition

[Henderson's] a measure of the biological diversity (generally the species diversity) within an environment. There are various types of diversity index, which are calculated in various ways from the number of species present and their relative abundance (see e.g. Simpson diversity index). Such indices can be used to detect ecological changes due e.g. to stress on an environment. cf. biotic index.

Broader concept

variable

Scope note

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Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21513

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 3/28/22

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