A tool for computing diversity and consideration on differences between diversity indices

Palaghianu, C., Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava . Dept. of Silviculture and Environmental Protection

A tool for computing diversity and consideration on differences between diversity indices

2014

Palaghianu, C., Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava (Romania). Dept. of Silviculture and Environmental Protection

Diversity represents a key concept in ecology, and there are various methods of assessing it. The multitude of diversity indices are quite puzzling and sometimes difficult to compute for a large volume of data. This paper promotes a computational tool used to assess the diversity of different entities. The BIODIV software is a user-friendly tool, developed using Microsoft Visual Basic. It is capable to compute several diversity indices such as: Shannon, Simpson, Pielou, Brillouin, Berger-Parker, McIntosh, Margalef, Menhinick and Gleason. The software tool was tested using real data sets and the results were analysed in order to make assumption on the indices behaviour. The results showed a clear segregation of indices in two major groups with similar expressivity.

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aplicaciones del ordenador application des ordinateurs arbre forestier biodiversidad biodiversity computer applications computer software data analysis data collection ecologia ecologie ecology especies estabilidad evaluation forest stands forest trees information processing logiciel mathematical models optimization methods peuplement forestier programas de ordenador rodales species stabilite stability statistical methods temperate forests tendance tendencias traitement de l'information trends

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Journal of Landscape Management (Czech Republic)

Volume 5 Issue 2 ISSN 1804-2821

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pp. 78-82

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Bosque templado; Collecte de donnees; Modele mathematique; Modelos matematicos; Methode d'optimisation; Arboles forestales; Espece; Biodiversite; Coleccion de datos; Metodos de optimizacion; Analyse de donnees; Evaluacion; Metodos estadisticos; Methode statistique; Foret temperee; Analisis de datos; Procesamiento de informacion

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English

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A tool for computing diversity and consideration on differences between diversity indices

2014

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