Journal of
Ecology and The Natural Environment

  • Abbreviation: J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9847
  • DOI: 10.5897/JENE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 408

Short Communication

Adaptive success index: A criterion for identifying most important species

Diogo S. B. Rocha*, Leilton S. Damascena and Flávio França
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Taxonomia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Bahia, Brasil.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 11 October 2010
  •  Published: 30 November 2010

Abstract

This article introduces the Adaptive Success Index (ASI) as a criterion for deciding which species are actually important in a given list of species either based on the Importance Value Index (IVI) or on the Cover Value Index (CVI).

 

Key words: Adaptive Success Index (ASI), Importance Value Index (IVI), Cover Value Index (CVI).