Measuring Biological Diversity

Measuring Biological Diversity
Dr. James Danoff-Burg
Columbia University

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All of the lectures below are in the form of uncompressed PowerPoint files. Some are relatively large and will take time to download - please be patient.

Week 1; 22 Jan - Intro to community diversity & biotic inventories

Week 2; 29 Jan - Richness, abundance, & generation of biodiversity

Week 3; 5 Feb - Evenness & broken stick diagrams

Week 4; 12 Feb - Evenness tests

Week 5; 19 Feb - Simple community diversity indices I

Week 6; 26 Feb - Simple community diversity indices II

Week 7; 5 Mar - Improving indices

Week 8; 12 Mar - Choosing between indices

Week 10; 26 Mar - Beta diversity indices

Week 11; 2 Apr - Community ordination techniques

Week 12; 9 Apr - Gamma diversity indices I

Week 13; 16 Apr - Gamma diversity indices II

Week 14; 23 Apr - Implementing conservation decisions

Last Updated by James Danoff-Burg, 27 Jan 03