Biodiversity quality: A paradigm for biodiversity

This paper addresses the need for an internationally accepted definition of biodiversity the lack of which creates difficulty in measuring biodiversity difference and change. The authors suggest that well-sampled data can be used to generate a range of numerical indices reflecting species group char...

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Published inEcological indicators Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 1077 - 1082
Main Authors Feest, Alan, Aldred, Timothy D., Jedamzik, Katrin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2010
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Biodiversity quality
Biomass
Butterflies
Macrofungi
Simpson's Index
Species richness
Simpson's Index
Biodiversity quality
Macrofungi
Biomass
Butterflies
Species richness
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Summary:This paper addresses the need for an internationally accepted definition of biodiversity the lack of which creates difficulty in measuring biodiversity difference and change. The authors suggest that well-sampled data can be used to generate a range of numerical indices reflecting species group characteristics/functionality that can be viewed in combination to create a picture of Biodiversity Quality. Examples of this approach demonstrate how to expand the currently accepted Convention on Biological Diversity definition, based on the “variability” of genes, species and ecosystems, since the numerical expression of the indices allows the probability of difference between biodiversity quality trends and values over time, and between sites or taxonomic groups, to be assessed for statistical inference of difference or similarity.
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ISSN:1470-160X
1872-7034
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.04.002