Estimation and expression of insect diversity parameters.
Author of the article:WU Kun-Jun,GONG Pei-Yu,SHENG Cheng-Fa
Author's Workplace:(Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100080, China)
Key Words:diversity index; ShannonWiener index; species richness; evenness
Abstract:Three indices often appeared in the literature, species richness, Simpson's index, and ShannonWiener index for estimation of insect diversity is introduced. The correct expressions of ShannonWiener index and evenness with the English code is also brie