Relationship between Carbon Stock and Plant Biodiversity in Collaborative Forests in Terai, Nepal

Table 3

Biodiversity indices in collaborative forests.

Biodiversity indices	Banke-Maraha CFM	Tuteshwarnath CFM	Gadhanta-Bardibas CFM
Shannon-Wiener Biodiversity Index	2.33	2.28	2.21
Simpson’s index	0.39	0.41	0.44
Average species richness	8.45	8.12	7.94
Simpson's evenness (mean value)	0.85	0.83	0.79