maturity index

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Index for pollution based on the proportions of species in a soil nematode community that fall into various categories ranging from colonizers (\(r\mbox{-}\rm{strategists}\)) to persisters (\(k\mbox{-}\rm{strategists}\)).
See also: k-strategy, r-strategy
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 910 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'maturity 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.14830 RIS BibTex EndNote
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