Montag, 5. September 2011

Is the Indian Embassy Field Biologically Diverse?

I believe that the Indian Embassy Field is biologically diverse based on three pieces of data we acquire last class.  First, the Simpson's Diversity Index for the field we collected our plants from was 0.095.  Knowing what I learned last class,  0 means infinite diversity and 1 means no diversity. Since 0.095 is very close to zero, this shows that the field is very diverse.  Second, the Simpson's Index of Diversity for the field .905  This time, it is a bit different.  0 means no diversity and 1 means infinite diversity. Like the data showed before, .905 is very close to 1, the number representing infinite diversity.  Lastly, the Simpson's Reciprocal Index of Diversity is 10.515. In this case, 1 represents no diversity.  The maximum number in this case is 56, the total number of species.  Even though 10.515 is not that close to 56, there is still some diversity.  Based on the size of the field, 56 species is quite a lot.  I'm sure if our class was to go out and collect plants again, we might be able to find 56 more species. In conclusion, based not the data we collected the Indian Embassy Field is biologically diverse. 

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