authority: geo-bon
slug: taxonomic-diversity
name: Taxonomic diversity
domain: biodiversity
subdomain: community-composition
authority_id: geo-bon:taxonomic-diversity
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: null
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: null
    entity: null
  dwc_terms:
    - dwc:scientificName
    - dwc:taxonID
    - dwc:kingdom
    - dwc:phylum
    - dwc:class
    - dwc:order
    - dwc:family
    - dwc:eventID
canonical_units: dimensionless
description: |
  Species richness and related diversity metrics (Shannon, Simpson, evenness,
  Hill numbers) summarising the taxonomic composition of a community. Derived
  from GBIF/OBIS occurrence records and increasingly from eDNA barcoding
  (MBON, iBOL, ARMS).
theme: biodiversity
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/what-are-ebvs/
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/community-composition/
  - Pereira et al. 2013, Science 339, 277-278 (doi:10.1126/science.1229931)