Biodiversity

Name: Biodiversity
Published: 2024-08-14
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Kokou Abalo; Sybille Clayton; Francie Cuffney; Phil Ryan; Paul Schuette

doi:10.25334/AKDT-QS37

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Biodiversity

Author(s): Kokou Abalo¹, Sybille Clayton², Francie Cuffney³, Phil Ryan⁴, Paul Schuette³

1. State University of New York at Buffalo 2. Anne Arundel Community College 3. Meredith College 4. Truman State University

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Biodiversity allows the diversity of a biological population to be estimated with both the Shannon and Simpson biodiversity indices based on information theory.

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Overview

Biodiversity allows the diversity of a biological population to be estimated with both the Shannon and Simpson biodiversity indices based on information theory.

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Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Abalo, K., Clayton, S., Cuffney, F., Ryan, P., Schuette, P. (2024). Biodiversity. ESTEEM, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/AKDT-QS37
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Fundamental Mathematical Concepts

Shannon & Simpson Biodiversity Indices

Developed By

Claude Shannon

Primary Reference

Simpson's Diversity Index

Biography of Claude Shannon

Wikipedia Overview

Shannon, Claude. "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 27 (July and October 1948), pp. 379-423 and 623-656. (original paper)