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Ecology

an index of how evenly a species uses available resource states, computed as the inverse of the sum of squared use proportions.

In ecology, Levins' niche breadth refers to an index of how evenly a species uses available resource states, computed as the inverse of the sum of squared use proportions. This meaning comes from Levins (1968) in Evolution in Changing Environments.[1]

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References

Levins, R. (1968). Evolution in Changing Environments. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691209418

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