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Quantitative evaluation of temporal similarity in abundance of animal species
Author(s) -
Wool David
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/bf02510712
Subject(s) - biology , similarity (geometry) , abundance (ecology) , animal species , ecology , relative species abundance , evolutionary biology , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
Summary A quantitative method is suggested for measuring the similarity of seasonal abundance patterns of different animal species. The method was applied to two sets of field data and produced biologically meaningful and interesting results.