BIOC61H3 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
12 Feb 2011
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Focus on things that are quantitatively definable ( , You could answer in 2 ways either by definition or by. The multi-part questions are very likely to be on the exam. I may ask you to calculate for me diversity and quantify certain diversity. You can only do that if you define them correctly. The next part could be a definition of the 3 diversities and on what level are they operating. S: you could use the sorenson index and it is used at the. P: the scale will be in the answer and then you have to somehow define the terms with reasonable scientific definition. scale. Calculating species diversity (h") for two hypothetical communities of forest trees. The shannon-wiener index is probably the most often used. In this case 84% of the trees samples were species 1 and the rest were species 2, 3, 4, and 5. You use a percentage and add them up to 100%.
