assessing geopedological soil mapping using diversity and similarity indices

Soil Fauna Diversity – Function , Soil Degradation , Biological Indices , Soil Restoration

Assessing Conceptual Similarity to Support Concept Mapping

Concept maps capture knowledge about the concepts and concept relationships in a domain, using a two-dimensional visually-based representation. Computer tools for concept mapping empower experts to directly construct, navigate, share, and criticize rich knowledge models. This paper describes ongoing research on augmenting concept mapping tools with systems to support the user by proactively sug...

Comparing Communities: Using β-diversity and similarity/dissimilarity indices to measure diversity across sites, communities, and landscapes

This webpage is about how to compare species diversity (using only species richness or species richness and abundance) among sites/habitats/communities. Some people call this beta diversity and others call it complementarity, turnover, similarity, dissimilarity, etc. Often, these terms are used interchangeably and at a variety of spatial scales. Methods for making these comparisons are used in ...

Psychometric Evaluation of Lexical Diversity Indices: Assessing Length Effects.

PURPOSE Several novel techniques have been developed recently to assess the breadth of a speaker's vocabulary exhibited in a language sample. The specific aim of this study was to increase our understanding of the validity of the scores generated by different lexical diversity (LD) estimation techniques. Four techniques were explored: D, Maas, measure of textual lexical diversity, and moving-av...

Multidimensional Scaling Visualization Using Parametric Similarity Indices

Abstract: In this paper, we apply multidimensional scaling (MDS) and parametric similarity indices (PSI) in the analysis of complex systems (CS). Each CS is viewed as a dynamical system, exhibiting an output time-series to be interpreted as a manifestation of its behavior. We start by adopting a sliding window to sample the original data into several consecutive time periods. Second, we define ...

Relationships between Soil Properties and Plant Diversity Indices (Case Study: Lashgardar Protected Rangeland, Malyer, Iran)

Plant diversity and vegetation distribution in an area are related to the soil physical and chemical properties. The knowledge of relationships between species diversityand soil parameteris essential for sustainable ecosystem management. This study was conducted to investigate the relationships between soil factors and species diversity indices in the protected rangelands of Lashgardar, Malayer...