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Calculations of various diversity indices in seral meadow communities from the Central Pyrenees subalpine zone were based on quantitative vegetational analyses by the point quadrat method. Species richness (S) increased rapidly toward a maximum then decreased markedly with increasing maturation of the meadows. In contrast, equitability measured as the Pielou index first inereases gradualy and then remains on more or less the same level, while decreasing a little in older stages, if not accelered by over-grazing. Not surprisingly, Patten's redundancy measure exibits inverse variations. Since it encompasses both the number of species and the distribution of individuals over the species, the Shannon and Weaver index of diversity behaved in a manner intermediate between richness and evenness. In the two toposequences investigated, diversity and equitability variations were highly correlated with the occurence of monopolistic dominant species.
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Tosca, C., Labroue, L. Diversité spécifique et évolution des groupements végétaux supra forestiers des Pyrenèes centrales. Vegetatio 39, 161–170 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00208766
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