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  • Ecology
  • Biodiversity research
  • Statistical ecology

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  • Traditional species richness indices may not fully capture community diversity.
  • Existing diversity indices have limitations in handling rare species.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a generalized species richness index.
  • To develop robust estimators for ecological diversity.
  • To assess the statistical properties of the new index.

Main Methods:

  • Generalization of species richness by trimming least abundant species.
  • Development of plug-in and bias-adjusted estimators.
  • Bootstrapping for statistical reliability assessment.

Main Results:

  • The generalized index satisfies weak axioms for diversity indices.
  • The index demonstrates qualitative robustness to distribution changes.
  • Proposed estimators show statistical reliability.

Conclusions:

  • The generalized species richness offers a more comprehensive biodiversity metric.
  • The developed estimators provide reliable tools for ecological analysis.
  • This approach enhances the understanding of community diversity.