Diversity index
As diversity index and diversity index is called indicators (indices) to determine the diversity in society ( diversity ) or communities ( biodiversity ) of a natural environment ( biodiversity ). Another application is economic diversification .
Well-known diversity indices are
- the Simpson Index
- the Shannon Index
Individual evidence
- ^ Detlef Pollack, Ingrid Tucci, Hans-Georg Ziebertz: Religious pluralism in the focus of quantitative research on religion. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2012, ISBN 978-3531186962
- ↑ Karl Fent: Ecotoxicology: Environmental Chemistry - Toxicology - Ecology. Thieme, 2013, ISBN 978-3131099945 , p. 328.