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Biodiversity within plant based communities. By the end of this session you will:. Describe how you can investigate plant populations including estimating population number Outline to a variety of ways in which biodiversity can be determined including Simpson’s Index of Biodiversity
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By the end of this session you will: • Describe how you can investigate plant populations including estimating population number • Outline to a variety of ways in which biodiversity can be determined including Simpson’s Index of Biodiversity • Identify advantages/disadvantages of these measurements of Biodiversity
How can we measure biodiversity? • Species richness • Species evenness
So why is Simpson’s Index of Biodiversity a better indication of Biodiversity? Link summarising Simpson's Index of Biodiversity IMPORTANT It is not the formula or which formula you are given, it is how to interpret the values from 0 to 1 that you need to get your head around