Diversity measurement combining relative abundances and taxonomic distinctiveness of species

H.P. Weikard; M.J. Punt; J.H.H. Wesseler

doi:10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00234.x

Diversity measurement combining relative abundances and taxonomic distinctiveness of species

H.P. Weikard, M.J. Punt, J.H.H. Wesseler

Environmental Economics and Natural Resources

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Abstract

We discuss a diversity measure combining information of relative abundances and taxonomic distinctiveness suggested by Ricotta (2004). We show that Ricotta's measure violates weak species monotonicity, a condition that requires that the addition of a species should always increase a diversity index if abundances change only marginally. We suggest an alternative index satisfying weak species monotonicity and apply it to the 'Zeesserveld' forest reserve in the Netherlands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-217
Journal	Diversity and Distributions
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00234.x
Publication status	Published - 2006

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