Modified Rao diversity coefficient considering species dissimilarity with respect to biological characteristics at the class level

In the measure of Izsak and Papp (2000), the distance of two species is equal to the number of internodes form the species level to the lowest level of the taxonomic tree where a common ancestor of both species exists. This is commonly used in construction a taxonomic dissimilarity matrix. However,...

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Main Author: Manila, Phoebe Anne Salvador
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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