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The recent version of the DIVERSI program package runs on IBM-PC compatible machines with DOS operating system or a business system which includes DOS client (such as WINDOWS NT, 2000, XP). All routines work with dbase data files. The program calculates diversity indices and their confidence intervals, the significance of diversity differences, index sensitivity and fit some abundance models to actual data. Quadratic entropy and members of the ESS and NESS similarity index family are also included. Hardware requirements, data file operations and examples are provided in a User’s Guide. An example of calculating quadratic entropy is presented.
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Izsák, J. DIVERSI 2.1: New version of a program package for calculating diversity and related statistics. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 4, 237–239 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1556/ComEc.4.2003.2.11
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