Table 2 Shannon’s diversity index, Simpson’s diversity and evenness of vascular plants in study area (where C = community, CT = community type, CNS = No. of common species, D = Simpson's diversity index, EH' = Shannon's equitability, H’ = shannon's diversity index, Hd = highland, HP = hind part, Ld = lowland, LS = left side of HG, Md = midland, NS = no. of species, RS = right side of HG, SA = study area)
Analysis parameters | Agroecology of HG | Spatial type of HG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ld | Md | Hd | SA | RS | HP | LS | |
H' | 3.9868 | 4.0717 | 4.0822 | 4.2343 | 4.3101 | 3.5126 | 4.0506 |
D | 0.038693429 | 0.03351775 | 0.03604432 | 0.03187641 | 0.0275038 | 0.05545779 | 0.03687092 |
SD = 1 – D | 0.961306571 | 0.96648225 | 0.96395568 | 0.96812359 | 0.9724962 | 0.94454221 | 0.96312908 |
EH' = H'/LnS | 0.735499064 | 0.73689784 | 0.7562248 | 0.7246055 | 0.76539949 | 0.67641647 | 0.73098205 |
S =  | 226 | 251 | 221 | 345 | 279 | 180 | 255 |
LnS =  | 5.420535 | 5.5254529 | 5.3981627 | 5.8435444 | 5.6312118 | 5.1929569 | 5.5412635 |
CT | NS | CNS in C1 & C2 | CNS in C2&C3 | CNS in C1&C3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowland (C1) | 226 | 166 | 165 | 138 |
Midland (C2) | 251 | 332 | 330 | 276 |
Highland (C3) | 221 | 477 | 472 | 447 |
CC = 2c/S1 + S2 | 345 | 0.696 | 0.699 | 0.617 |