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How is the biodiversity of an ecosystem measured?

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encompassing attention to species richness or species evenness: Species richness - the least sophisticated of the indices available. Simpson index.
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Whittaker described three common metrics used to measure species-level biodiversity, encompassing attention to species richness or species evenness: Species richness - the least sophisticated of the indices available.
you would use a Simpson Diversity Index Calculator
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