Research Article
Butterfly Diversity and Abundance in the Middle Afromontane Area of Northwestern Ethiopia
Table 5
Diversity indices for butterfly communities at different habitat types.
| | Forest edges | Woody forest | Grass land | Open grassland | Wet land | Open land | Cultivated land |
| Mount Bezawit | Taxa (S) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Individuals | 3072 | 3455 | 148 | 160 | 287 | 411 | 161 | Dominance (D) | 0.315 | 0.379 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.267 | 1 | Simpson (1-D) | 0.685 | 0.621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.733 | 0 | Shannon (H′) | 1.328 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.353 | 0 | Evenness (e^H/S) | 0.754 | 0.925 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.968 | 1 | Brillouin | 1.323 | 1.018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.332 | 0 | Menhinick | 0.090 | 0.051 | 0.082 | 0.079 | 0.0591 | 0.197 | 0.079 | Margalef | 0.498 | 0.246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.499 | 0 | Equitability (J) | 0.825 | 0.929 | | | | 0.976 | | Fisher alpha | 0.584 | 0.323 | 0.144 | 0.142 | 0.130 | 0.615 | 0.142 | Berger–Parker | 0.467 | 0.425 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.343 | 1 | Chao 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Alemsaga | Taxa (S) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | | Individuals | 3172 | 4837 | 276 | 291 | | 824 | | Dominance (D) | 0.270 | 0.207 | 1 | 1 | | 0.275 | | Simpson (1-D) | 0.730 | 0.793 | 0 | 0 | | 0.725 | | Shannon (H′) | 1.577 | 1.675 | 0 | 0 | | 1.397 | | Evenness (e^H/S) | 0.691 | 0.8890 | 1 | 1 | | 0.809 | | Brillouin | 1.57 | 1.671 | 0 | 0 | | 1.382 | | Menhinick | 0.124 | 0.086 | 0.060 | 0.0589 | | 0.174 | | Margalef | 0.744 | 0.589 | 0 | 0 | | 0.596 | | Equitability (J) | 0.810 | 0.935 | | | | 0.868 | | Fisher alpha | 0.851 | 0.676 | 0.1306 | 0.130 | | 0.708 | | Berger–Parker | 0.444 | 0.285 | 1 | 1 | | 0.353 | | Chao 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | | Tara Gedam | Taxa (S) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | Individuals | 3498 | 5576 | 205 | 233 | 103 | 859 | | Dominance (D) | 0.257 | 0.180 | 1 | 0.918 | 1 | 0.235 | | Simpson (1-D) | 0.743 | 0.820 | 0 | 0.082 | 0 | 0.765 | | Shannon (H′) | 1.643 | 1.826 | 0 | 0.177 | 0 | 1.585 | | Evenness (e^H/S) | 0.646 | 0.887 | 1 | 0.597 | 1 | 0.814 | | Brillouin | 1.636 | 1.822 | 0 | 0.168 | 0 | 1.568 | | Menhinick | 0.135 | 0.094 | 0.070 | 0.131 | 0.0985 | 0.205 | | Margalef | 0.858 | 0.696 | 0 | 0.184 | 0 | 0.740 | | Equitability (J) | 0.79 | 0.938 | | 0.2555 | | 0.885 | | Fisher alpha | 0.978 | 0.790 | 0.137 | 0.301 | 0.154 | 0.870 | | Berger–Parker | 0.425 | 0.259 | 1 | 0.957 | 1 | 0.355 | | Chao 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
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