Shitikov V., Zinchenko T. Hill numbers for the assessment of generic and taxonomic diversity in inhabitation groups // Principy èkologii. 2013. № 3. P. 23‒36. DOI: 10.15393/j1.art.2013.2982


Issue № 3

Methods of ecological investigations

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Hill numbers for the assessment of generic and taxonomic diversity in inhabitation groups

Shitikov
   Vladimir Kirillovitch		Dr. Sc., Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin of the Russian Academy of Science, 445003, Togliatty, Komzin st., 10, stok1946@gmail.com
Zinchenko
   Tatyana Dmitrievna		Dr. Sc., Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin of the Russian Academy of Science, 445003, Togliatty, Komzin st., 10, tdz@mail333.com
Keywords:
Shannon entropy
Hill numbers
taxonomic diversity
diversity partitioning
groups comparing
randomization
communities of macrozoobenthos
longitudinal profile of a river		 Summary: A group of parametric factors of generic and taxonomic diversity , based on the estimations of "effective number of species" or Hill numbers is considered. The difference of this group from other diversity indices based on Shannon formula or other expressions is discussed. The way of partitioning general γ-diversity into α- and β-components is demonstrated. The computation procedure of taxonomic distances matrix based on the phylogenetic tree of Linnaean systematics is described. Dynamics of indices variability of generic and taxonomic diversity along a longitudinal waterway profile on the example of macrobenthos communities of the middle-size flatland river Sok (inflow of the Saratov water basin) is considered. The algorithms of statistical significance control of differences between diversity indices in comparing two or more groups of the habitat based on randomization procedures are described.

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Reviewer: A. K
Received on: 18 December 2013
Published on: 22 January 2014

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