The alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau are sensitive and vulnerable to climate change. However, it is still unknown how precipitation use efficiency (PUE), the ratio of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) to precipitation, is related to community assembly of plant species, functional groups or traits for the Tibetan alpine grasslands along actual environmental gradients. We conduc...

Biological diversity, also known as biodiversity, is an important criterion for measuring the value of an ecosystem. As biodiversity is closely related to human welfare and quality of life, many efforts to restore and maintain the biodiversity of species have been made by government agencies and non-governmental organizations, thereby drawing a substantial amount of international attention. In ...

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is widely used in banking sector to measure the efficiency of the banks. This paper evaluates the performance of the banks in India using cost, revenue and profit models of DEA and comes out with a comprehensive efficiency index for banks, by combing the efficiency scores of various DEA models, using the Shannon entropy. In general, the banks included in this stu...

This study investigates the potential of object-based texture parameters extracted from 15m spatial resolution ASTER imagery for estimating tree size diversity in a Mediterranean forested landscape in Turkey. Tree size diversity based on tree basal area was determined using the Shannon index and Gini Coefficient at the sampling plot level. Image texture parameters were calculated based on the g...

The tree species diversity in mixed stands of beech and valuable broadleaves was researched in the area of the National Park `Djerdap` on fifteen sample plots (total study area of about 5 ha). For this purpose, the following diversity measures were applied: (1) Shannon`s index H', (2) Simpson`s index (Simpson 1949), (3) McIntosh`s diversity index D' (McIntosh 1967), (4) Hill’s N1 diversity numb...

16 This paper describes the results of research designed to explore reporting of three indices 17 (Corruption Perception Index, CPI, Human Development Index, HDI and the Ecological 18 Footprint, EF) in the UK national press between January 1990 and December 2009. 19 Reporting of the indices was assessed by: 20 (a) the number of articles published each year mentioning the index at least once 21 ...