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simboot (version 0.2-0)

estShannon: Estimator for Shannon's index

Description

Estimation function for Shannon's index. Internal use in estShannonf.

Usage

estShannon(x)

Arguments

x
Vector of discrete-scaled numerical values.

Value

  • Shannon-Wiener index with bias correction

Details

Estimator of Shannon-Wiener index with bias correction. Number of Species S in the bias correction does not take zeros into account.