Title: species evenness
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - species evenness
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15049
Status: current

Definition
Degree to which the individuals in the community are evenly or uniformly distributed among species.

Related Term
- community: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14531

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 948 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15049/xml

Citation: Citation: 'species evenness' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15049
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