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This section introduces commonly used indices for measuring the diversity of ecological communities, including species richness, Shannon index, and Simpson index. These indices differ in how they account for both the number of species (richness) and their relative abundances (evenness). The Shannon index considers both components, while the Simpson index is more influenced by evenness. Effective numbers of species and Hill numbers are also discussed as ways to convert diversity indices into intuitive units

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Nycte

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