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SUBMITTER: McCarthy MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4253318 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McCarthy Michael A MA Moore Alana L AL Krauss Jochen J Morgan John W JW Clements Christopher F CF
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 20140512 6
Biodiversity indices often combine data from different species when used in monitoring programs. Heuristic properties can suggest preferred indices, but we lack objective ways to discriminate between indices with similar heuristics. Biodiversity indices can be evaluated by determining how well they reflect management objectives that a monitoring program aims to support. For example, the Convention on Biological Diversity requires reporting about extinction rates, so simple indices that reflect e ...[more]