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Exploring Biodiversity in Plant Communities

Learn to investigate plant populations, estimate numbers, and determine biodiversity using methods like Simpson's Index. Understand pros and cons of biodiversity measurements. Discover why Simpson's Index is a superior measure.

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Exploring Biodiversity in Plant Communities

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  1. Biodiversity within plant based communities

  2. 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

  3. So what is Biodiversity?

  4. How can we measure biodiversity? • Species richness • Species evenness

  5. 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 

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