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Questions tagged [diversity]

measures of diversity (or uniformity or inequality) such as: biodiversity in ecology, income inequality in economic. Examples are entropy and simpson's indices.

Some information can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity#Measuring_biodiversity, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_index, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_metrics

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Is there a minimum number for the calculation of the Herfindahl index?

Is there a minimum number of observations in order to assess concentration or not?
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Calculating Diversity Indices at a Specific Taxonomic Level Using Richness Tables without OTU Association Information

I have a question concerning the calculation of indices, such as the Shannon index, Inverse Simpson, etc., at a specific taxonomic level (e.g., family level) using a richness table of that particular level. For instance, if we have a count table…
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