[Ecoed] Comparing Diversities

[Pale, Fatimata]

Hello:
 
Check the following lab and text by:
Field and laboratory Methods for general ecology 4th edition by: Brower, Zar and von Ende)
Also the book by  Robert Leo Smith( Ecology and Field Biology)-5th edition
I hope that will help.
 
Dr. Fatimata Pale'
Professsor of Biology
Thiel College
75 College Avenue
Greenville PA, 15125
Tel: 724-589-2114
 

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From: ecoed-bounces at ecoed.net on behalf of William E Williams
Sent: Mon 1/21/2008 10:01 PM
To: ecoed at ecoed.net
Subject: [Ecoed] Comparing Diversities


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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