Entropy-related biodiversity indices deriving their conceptual basis from Shannon's information theory have a long history of use in ecology for quantifying community structure and diversity. In addition, in the last two decades, numerous information-theoretical indices, such as the landscape dominance index, have been extensively applied to characterize landscape diversity in space and time. In this contribution, we offer a simple analytical relation between Pielou's evenness J and landscape dominance D within the broader context of Hill's parametric diversity family. Within this context, we recommend the use of Hill's diversity number evenness E1,0 to overcome the shortcomings both of Pielou's evenness J and the landscape dominance index D.
On the relationship between Pielou's evenness and landscape dominance within the context of Hill's diversity profiles / Ricotta, Carlo; Avena, Giancarlo. - In: ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. - ISSN 1470-160X. - STAMPA. - 2:4(2003), pp. 361-365. [10.1016/s1470-160x(03)00005-0]
On the relationship between Pielou's evenness and landscape dominance within the context of Hill's diversity profiles
RICOTTA, Carlo;AVENA, Giancarlo
2003
Abstract
Entropy-related biodiversity indices deriving their conceptual basis from Shannon's information theory have a long history of use in ecology for quantifying community structure and diversity. In addition, in the last two decades, numerous information-theoretical indices, such as the landscape dominance index, have been extensively applied to characterize landscape diversity in space and time. In this contribution, we offer a simple analytical relation between Pielou's evenness J and landscape dominance D within the broader context of Hill's parametric diversity family. Within this context, we recommend the use of Hill's diversity number evenness E1,0 to overcome the shortcomings both of Pielou's evenness J and the landscape dominance index D.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.