This course offers an overview of the different ways to measure biodiversity, and provides tips for the stratification of primary biodiversity data and the construction of variables that describe its various facets. It also includes an in-depth review of the different types of data used to measure biodiversity and their problems and limitations.

Lecturer(s) or Responsable(s): Joaquín Hortal, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales – CSIC; Ana M.C. Santos, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales – CSIC (Functional Diversity)
Date: June 26th, 2017 to June 30th, 2017
Deadline for Applications: June 2nd, 2017