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Re: riddle



On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Kjell Pernestal wrote:

> At 10:33 AM 1/31/97 +0100, you wrote:
> >Which is more diverse?  Two hectares with an even mixture of species
> >A and B, or 1 ha of A and 1 ha of B?
> >
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> >Oscar Garcia  -  Visiting Professor  -  og@kvl.dk
> >The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University  (KVL)
> >Department of Economics and Natural Resources, Unit of Forestry
> >Thorvaldsensvej 57,  DK-1871 Frederiksberg C,  Denmark
> >Tel. +45 35 28 22 47.  Fax +45 31 35 78 33

I think that it depends on what kind of "diversity" you think of.
Alpha, beta or gamma (ref. Whittaker 1965; 1972) ?

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