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I HAVE read with interest Mr. Jones's letter on the results of the application of the logarithmic series and the index of diversity to his quadrat observations. I completely agree with him that the theoretical basis requires further study; as also does the field application to both animals and plants. The object of my publication, which gave a few cases selected over a wide field, was to stimulate the production of new data whether in support of the theory or not.
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Nature, 152, 264 (1943).
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WILLIAMS, C. Index of Diversity as Applied to Ecological Problems. Nature 155, 390–391 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155390b0
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