Similarity indices, sample size and diversity

@article{Wolda1981SimilarityIS,
  title={Similarity indices, sample size and diversity},
  author={Henk Wolda},
  journal={Oecologia},
  year={1981},
  volume={50},
  pages={296-302}
}
  • H. Wolda
  • Published 1 September 1981
  • Environmental Science
  • Oecologia
SummaryThe effect of sample size and species diversity on a variety of similarity indices is explored. Real values of a similarity index must be evaluated relative to the expected maximum value of that index, which is the value obtained for samples randomly drawn from the same universe, with the diversity and sample sizes of the real samples. It is shown that these expected maxima differ from the theoretical maxima, the values obtained for two identical samples, and that the relationship… 
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