Biodiversity Calculations made simple!

Note: If you want to see what the formula is for any given cell, just click on the cell, and look in the box on top.
To add rows for more species, click on the blue box on the left where you want to insert, then go to Insert above, then click on
Then, fill in by copying and pasting the formulas from the rows above (go to Edit, then Copy or Paste)

Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index for Community A

Species #
n/N
ln(n/N)
n/N*ln(n/N)
1
1000 0.833333 -0.182322 -0.151935
2
100 0.083333 -2.484907 -0.207076
3
100 0.083333 -2.484907 -0.207076
N
1200
Sum of all n/N*ln(n/N) -0.566086
take the negative of it! 0.566086

Simpson's Index of Diversity for Community A.

Species #
n/N
1
1000
0.833
2
100
0.083
3
100
0.083
N
1200

Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index for Community B

Species #
n/N
ln(n/N)
n/N*ln(n/N)
1
400 0.333333 -1.098612 -0.366204
2
400 0.333333 -1.098612 -0.366204
3
400 0.333333 -1.098612 -0.366204
N
1200
Sum of all n/N*ln(n/N) -1.098612
take the negative of it! 1.098612

Simpson's Index of Diversity for Community B.

Species #
n/N
1
400
0.333
2
400
0.333
3
400
0.333
N
1200

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iversity for Community A.

n/N squared
0.694
0.007
0.007
0.708 Sum of n/N squared for all
0.292 1- Sum of n/N squared for all

iversity for Community B.

n/N squared
0.111
0.111
0.111
0.333 Sum of n/N squared for all
0.667 1- Sum of n/N squared for all