Biological diversity: distinct distributions can lead to the maximization of Rao's quadratic entropy

DOI10.1016/J.TPB.2009.01.008MaRDI QIDQ615592zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Sandrine Pavoine, Michael B. Bonsall

Publication date 5 January 2011

Published in Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2009.01.008

zbMATH Keywords

circumcenterevennessabundancebiological conservationdiversity apportionmentEuclideanpairwise species distancesrichnesssmallest-enclosing hypersphereultrametric distances

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Ecology (92D40)

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