[Ecoed] Comparing Diversities

[William E Williams]

Dear Ecoed,

A student of mine wants to compare the diversity of two similar  
communities in different places. Can someone point me at references  
about how to do this? Is it possible to determine whether, for  
example, two values of the Shannon index are significantly different?  
I have this feeling that I've seen such comparisons somewhere, but a  
quick search of my bookshelf and the web didn't turn up anything useful.

-W2

William E. Williams <mailto:WEWilliams at smcm.edu>
Professor of Biology
Saint Mary's College of Maryland
18952 E Fisher Rd, Saint Marys City, MD 20686
(240)895-4365

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