Diversity indexes and interpretation of recreation supply inventories

Paul R. Saunders; G. Wesley Burnett

ABSTRACT:

Botanists have established several indexes useful for describing and evaluating diversity. These methods may be used to produce a single statistic describing diversity within recreation supply inventories if types of facilities are equated with species and sites are equated with individuals. Shannon, Simpson, and evenness indexes are experimentally derived for a limited amount of data. The results indicate that the indexes possess considerable analytical power, but are of limited use as planning tools.

Footnotes

Paul R. Saunders is an associate professor, Department of Forestry and Range Management, Washington State University, Pullman, 99164. G. Wesley Burnett is an associate professor, Department of Recreation and Park Administration, College of Forest and Recreation Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29631.
Copyright 1983 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society

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