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    The document provides data on the number of individuals and relative abundance of 12 plant species found within a region. It then calculates the equitability or evenness index (E) based on this data. The evenness index is found to be 0.91, indicating a high level of both species diversity and an even distribution in the number of individuals among each species. In other words, no single species dominates but rather all species are well-represented in their abundances.

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    The document provides data on the number of individuals and relative abundance of 12 plant species found within a region. It then calculates the equitability or evenness index (E) based on this data. The evenness index is found to be 0.91, indicating a high level of both species diversity and an even distribution in the number of individuals among each species. In other words, no single species dominates but rather all species are well-represented in their abundances.

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    The document provides data on the number of individuals and relative abundance of 12 plant species found within a region. It then calculates the equitability or evenness index (E) based on this data. The evenness index is found to be 0.91, indicating a high level of both species diversity and an even distribution in the number of individuals among each species. In other words, no single species dominates but rather all species are well-represented in their abundances.

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    MODEL QUESTION 1: EQUITABILITY OR EVENNESS INDEX 1

    TU, KHWOPA COLLEGE, PREBOARD 2066:


    Using the following data calculate the equitability (Evenness ) index and comment on the result.

    Hmax=log2S

    Evenness
    Index
    "E"=H/Hmax

    -0.35056
    -0.48607

    log2S=lnS/ln2

    "E" =
    3.2637/3.5850

    -3.00176693
    -4.05948242
    -2.94627181
    -4.81621127
    -6.08922977
    -3.48436771

    -0.37476
    -0.24347
    -0.38226
    -0.17095
    -0.08944
    -0.31133

    S=12 species

    "E" =
    3.2637/3.5850

    -3.65182446
    -4.76730167
    -5.50426727

    -0.29054
    -0.17505
    -0.12127
    -3.2637

    log2S=3.5850

    No./sq
    km
    57

    pi=proportion
    0.06976744

    log2pi=lnpi/ln2
    -3.84130225

    pi*(log2pi)
    -0.268

    90
    186

    0.11015912
    0.22766218

    -3.18233917
    -2.13503346

    Terminalia bellirica
    Terminalia chebula
    Adina cordifolia
    Dillenia penagyna
    Lagerstroemia sp.
    Syzigium cumuni

    102
    49
    106
    29
    12
    73

    0.124847
    0.05997552
    0.12974296
    0.03549572
    0.01468788
    0.08935129

    Schleicheta dieorsa
    Phyllanthus emblica
    Mallottus phillipensis
    Total

    65
    30
    18
    817

    0.07955936
    0.03671971
    0.02203182
    1

    Plant Species Name


    Butea monosperma
    Semecarpus
    anacardium
    Shorea robusta

    ln12 = 2.4849
    "E" = 0.91
    ln2=0.693147

    H= -pi*(log2pi)
    H= -(-3.2637)

    COMMENTS:
    Since the Equitability Index "E"=0.91 or nearly "1.0", this community has great species diversity both in terms of species numbers
    AND THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE IN THE INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS OF EACH SPECIES!
    Source: Krebs, 1994, Ecology, 4rth edition: page 704-706, Appendix IV Species Diversity and Measures of Heterogeneity
    NOTE: LOG BASE 2 IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE OF KREBS, FOLLOWING THE DERIVATION OF THIS
    FORMULAE FROM INFORMATION THEORY.
    LOG BASE 2 CAN BE DERIVED FROM LOG BASE 10 AND NATURAL LOG BASE e OR 2.718 AS FOLLOWS
    LOG BASE 2 Pi = LOG BASE 10 Pi/ LOG BASE 10 (2) OR NATURAL LOG Pi/ NATURAL LOG (2).
    It is OK to calculate only on log base 10 or natural log e, without conversion to log base 2.

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