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16988906

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Ricotta argues against the existence of a unique measure of biodiversity by pointing out that no known measure of alpha-diversity satisfies all the adequacy conditions that have traditionally been set for it. While that technical claim is correct, it is not relevant in the context of defining biodiversity which is most usefully measured by beta-diversity. The concept of complementarity provides a closely related family of measures of biodiversity which can be used for systematic conservation planning. Moreover, these measures cannot be replaced by summary statistics but must rely on inventories of biodiversity surrogates at candidate sites for conservation.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5342
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
133-40; discussion 141-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Ecological diversity and biodiversity as concepts for conservation planning: comments on Ricotta.
pubmed:affiliation
Biodiversity and Biocultural Conservation Laboratory, Section of Integrative Biology and Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, #C3500, Austin, TX, 78712-1180, USA. sarkar@mail.utexas.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment