ECOSYSTEM A

Plant Species Name

No./sq
km

pi=proportion

Shorea robusta

31

0.02748227

Terminalia bellirica

46

0.04078014

Terminalia chebula

28

0.0248227

Dillenia penagyna

73

0.06471631

0.00443262

Lagerstroemia sp.

30

0.02659574

Syzigium cumuni

0.00265957

Schleicheta dieorsa

22

0.01950355

Phyllanthus emblica

0.0035461

Mallottus phillipensis
Semecarpus
anacardium

17

0.01507092

72

0.06382979

Butea monosperma

54

0.04787234

Xeromphis spinosa

29

0.02570922

Dalbergia sissoo

310

0.2748227

Acacia catechu

192

0.17021277

Bombax ceiba

126

0.11170213

86
1128

0.07624113
1

Adina cordifolia

Toona ciliata
Total

log2pi=lnpi/ln2
5.185355042
4.615989396
-5.33219643
3.949726794
7.817623258
5.232660757
8.554588852
5.680119734
8.139551352
6.052088511
3.969626351
-4.38466385
5.281570357
1.863426947
2.554588852
3.162271429
3.713286598
0

Ecosystem A Equitability Index E = 0.7135 Comment:

abc:

pi*(log2pi)
0.1425053
0.1882407
0.1323595
0.2556118
0.0346526
0.1391665
0.0227516
0.1107825
0.0288637
0.0912106
0.2533804
0.2099041
0.1357851
-0.512112
0.4348236
0.3532324
0.2831052
0

Hmax=log2S

Evenness Index "E"=H/Hmax

Hmax=4.087428

H= -(-2.916593)

"E" = 2.916593/4.087428

"E" = 0.713546

log2S=lnS/ln2

S=17 species
ln17 =
2.83321

Since the Equitability Index "E"=0.714 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!

ECOSYSTEM B
Plant Species Name

No./sq
km

pi=proportion

log2pi=lnpi/ln2
4.466978428
3.334528132
4.079955305
3.213221835
5.845490051
5.167418146
6.167418146
6.845490051
5.997493144
2.360063224
4.775100723

Shorea robusta

26

0.04521739

Terminalia bellirica

57

0.09913043

Terminalia chebula

34

0.05913043

Dillenia penagyna

62

0.10782609

Adina cordifolia

10

0.0173913

Lagerstroemia sp.

16

0.02782609

Syzigium cumuni

0.01391304

Schleicheta dieorsa

0.00869565

Phyllanthus emblica

0.01565217

Mallottus phillipensis
Semecarpus
anacardium

112

0.19478261

21

0.03652174

Butea monosperma

30

0.05217391

Xeromphis spinosa

56

0.0973913

Dalbergia sissoo

15

0.02608696

Acacia catechu

12

0.02086957

-5.26052755
5.582455645

Bombax ceiba

87

0.15130435

-2.72447465

Toona ciliata

15

0.02608696

-5.26052755

575

Total

-4.26052755
3.360063224

Hmax=log2S

Evenness Index
"E"=H/Hmax

log2S=lnS/ln2

Hmax=4.087428

S=17 species

H= -(-3.5917283)

-0.143789
0.0858076

ln17 = 2.83321

"E" = 3.5917283/4.087428

-0.059526
0.0938738
0.4596993

ln2=0.69314718

-0.174395
0.2222884
0.3272409
0.1372312
0.1165034
0.4122249
0.1372312
3.5917283

log2S=4.0874628

pi*(log2pi)
0.2019851
0.3305532
0.2412495
0.3464691
0.1016607

"E" = 0.8787

Hmax=4.0874628

EUITABILITY INDEX FOR ECOSYSTEM B = 0.8787

Since the Equitability Index "E"=0.8787 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!

ECOSYSTEM C
Plant Species Name

No./sq
km

pi=proportion

log2pi=lnpi/ln2

Shorea robusta

454

0.36261981

Terminalia bellirica

165

0.13178914

Terminalia chebula

204

0.1629393

Dillenia penagyna

24

0.01916933

Adina cordifolia

62

0.04952077

Lagerstroemia sp.

48

0.03833866

Syzigium cumuni

46

0.03674121

Schleicheta dieorsa

0.00239617

Phyllanthus emblica

25

0.01996805

Mallottus phillipensis
Semecarpus
anacardium

0.00479233

29

0.02316294

Butea monosperma

18

0.014377

Xeromphis spinosa

32

0.02555911

Dalbergia sissoo

78

0.06230032

Acacia catechu

17

0.01357827

Bombax ceiba

11

0.00878594

Toona ciliata

30

0.02396166

-1.46347036
2.923696633
2.617593505
5.705056346
4.335822537
4.705056346
4.766456891
8.705056346
5.646162657
7.705056346
5.432037852
6.120093845
5.290018847
4.004616628
6.202556006
6.830587228
5.383128251

1252

Total

pi*(log2pi)
0.5306833
0.3853115
0.4265088
0.1093621
0.2147133
0.1803855
0.1751254
0.0208588
0.1127429
0.0369252
-0.125822
0.0879886
0.1352081
0.2494889
-0.08422
0.0600131
0.1289887
3.0643462

Hmax=log2S

Evenness Index
"E"=H/Hmax

log2S=lnS/ln2

Hmax=4.087428

S=17 species

H= -(-3.0643462)

ln17 = 2.83321

"E" = 3.0643462/4.087428

ln2=0.69314718
"E" = 0.7497

log2S=4.0874628

Hmax=4.0874628

EQUITABILITY INDEX E=0.7497 COMMENTS:

Since the Equitability Index "E"=0.7497 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!
OVERALL COMMENT ON THE COMPARATIVE EVENNESS INDICES OF ECOYSTEMS A,B,C:
ECOSYTEMS
A
B
C

EVENNESS INDEX E
0.7136
0.8787
0.7497

The above table reveals that although Ecosystems A, B, C all contain the same number of species, viz 17, the relative abundance
of individuals of each species is different and this is clear in the varying value of the EVENNESS INDEX E. According to this
value Ecosystem B is the most diverse in term of evenness of species abundance since its value is closest to 1.0, the maximum
value for Evenness if every species are found in equal numbers. Following Ecosytem B, it is Ecosystem C and Ecosystem A.