Lecture 6 Biodiveristy Flashcards
1
Q
Def Abudance
A
no of individuals in community
2
Q
Def Species Richness
A
No of species in the community
3
Q
Def Species evenness
A
relative abundance of species
4
Q
What is the Shannon Wiener Index
A
commonly used to measure diversity that incorporates richness and evenness
5
Q
What is the SW equation?
A
H’ = - SUM (pi *ln(pi))
6
Q
What is the rank abundance curve?
A
order the abundance of individual species. Within a community, it depicts the proportional abundance of all species
