[ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H?

2014-03-26 Thread Jorge A. Santiago-Blay
Hello Ecolog-L: Does anyone know why the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H? Is the answer related to the first letter of the last name of Hulbert (citation below)? Hulbert, S. H. 1971. The nonconcept of species diversity: a critique and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H?

2014-03-26 Thread Resetarits, William
The Shannon Index is derived from the paper below. It was originally developed as a measure of the information content of a signal. I had a pdf I would post, but the file is corrupted. Shannon, C. E. (1948) A mathematical theory of communication. The Bell System Technical Journal, 27, 379­423

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H?

2014-03-26 Thread Kimberly G. Smith
In that paper, Shannon calls it H as it is like a measure of entropy in Boltzmann's H theorem... Kimberly G. Smith University Professor of Biology Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA phone 479-575-6359 fax

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H?

2014-03-26 Thread Bob O'Hara
On 26/03/14 16:22, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay wrote: Hello Ecolog-L: Does anyone know why the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H? Is the answer related to the first letter of the last name of Hulbert (citation below)? Hulbert, S. H. 1971. The

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H?

2014-03-26 Thread ling huang
] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H? Hello Ecolog-L: Does anyone know why the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H? .

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H?

2014-03-26 Thread Geoffrey Patton
 http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf   Cordially yours,   Geoff Patton, Ph.D. 2208 Parker Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902  301.221.9536   “We are all failures- at least the best of us are.” J.M. Barrie (of Peter Pan fame)  

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why is the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H?

2014-03-26 Thread Henebry, Geoffrey
) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H? Hello Ecolog-L: Does anyone know why the Shannon (or Shannon Weiner, Shannon-Weiner) diversity index abbreviated with the letter H? .