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Plant species diversity and dominance patterns were studied in a tropical grassland comunity at Berhampur, India during 1977–1978. Diversity (−Σpilnpi) and dominance [Σ(ni/N) 2] indices were calculated and compared with basic data as the number of individuals versus basic data as biomass units.
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Misra, M.K., Misra, B.N. Species diversity and dominance in a tropical grassland community. Folia geobot. phytotax. 16, 309–316 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02851900
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