Pedodiversity analysis in Hainan Island

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2003-02-12
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persityindicesandabundancedistributionmodelsarestatisticaltoolswhichecologistshaveappliedfordecadesforanalyzingtheintrinsicregularitiesofvariousecologicalentities,Inthiswork,wehaveappliedthesetechniquestousethenotionssuchaspedopersity(asanexampleofgeopersityinabroadsense),inordertodectectthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenbothnaturalresources,biologicalandnon-biological,ThediscussionhasmainlybeenconductedthroughthestudyoflandformbasedpedopersityanalysisappliedtoSOTERdigitaldatabasesinHanianIslan,China,ThemainanalyticalmethodsincludeindicesofrichnesSthatarethenumberofthecategories(SOTERunitsrelatingtodifferentsoilsinthiswork),indicesbasedonproportionalabundanceofcategoriesHandEwhicharenotonlythenumberbutalsotheirrelativeabundance(inourcase,therelativeareaoccupiedbyeachpedotaxa)istakenintoaccount,modelsofthedistributionofabundaceofcategoriesthatprovidethemostcompletedescriptionbutalsotheleastabridgedandGISmappingtoshowthespatialvariationdigitally.