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Plant <strong>diversity</strong>: methods<br />

-Number of species and number of individuals per species<br />

-Number of rare or endemic species<br />

-Stability of <strong>diversity</strong> in large expanses<br />

-In the field: usually a plot of 50 X 50 cm or 1 X 1 m, in<br />

which we are counting the number of species and the<br />

number of individuals per species<br />

-Deskwork: many indexes for quantifying plant <strong>diversity</strong><br />

and presenting qualitative features of flora and vegetation

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