Measuring biodiversityan axiomatic evaluation of measures based on genetic data
Measuring biodiversity
an axiomatic evaluation of measures based on genetic data
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Biodiversity measurement is necessary to evaluate conservation alternatives and understand how to maximize biodiversity returns on conservation budgets. In the economics literature, most studies focus on species level diversity. Existing measures based on species' pairwise genetic differences do not perform optimally. This paper develops two new biodiversity measures within the same genetic framework. An axiomatic diagnosis for this class of measures is proposed and four biodiversity measures are then compared. Though the axiomatic comparison points towards a single "best" measure, it also indicates that the choice of measure should be dependent on the conservation problem at hand.
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300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie 320 Politik 330 WirtschaftFirst Publication
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ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; 133Gerber, Nicolas: Measuring biodiversity : an axiomatic evaluation of measures based on genetic data. Bonn: Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, 2009. In: ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy, 133.
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author = {{Nicolas Gerber}},
title = {Measuring biodiversity : an axiomatic evaluation of measures based on genetic data},
publisher = {Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn},
year = 2009,
month = jun,
series = {ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy},
volume = 133,
note = {Biodiversity measurement is necessary to evaluate conservation alternatives and understand how to maximize biodiversity returns on conservation budgets. In the economics literature, most studies focus on species level diversity. Existing measures based on species' pairwise genetic differences do not perform optimally. This paper develops two new biodiversity measures within the same genetic framework. An axiomatic diagnosis for this class of measures is proposed and four biodiversity measures are then compared. Though the axiomatic comparison points towards a single "best" measure, it also indicates that the choice of measure should be dependent on the conservation problem at hand.},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/12267}
}
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