diversity index

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Mathematical descriptor of species variation within a community.
Note: All diversity indices are based on the relative abundance of a species, i.e., the sum of all individuals of that species divided by the sum of all individuals in the community of interest.
See: Brillouin index, Shannon–Wiener diversity index, Simpson’s diversity index
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 869 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'diversity index' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14599 RIS BibTex EndNote
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