Question

I need help with this practice problem solving I will send an additional pic that goes along with this problem

Answer 1

Let's define our biodiversity (Simpson's) index formula:

`\text{Biodiversity Index }=\frac{\text{Total \# of species}}{\text{Total \# of individuals}}`

We are given a list of 5 organisms that Amy found in her backyard:

1st species: Hummingbirds

• 4 individuals

2nd species: Common dandelion

• 33 individuals

3rd species: Yellow winged blackbird

• 8 individuals

4th species: Chipmunk

• 2 individuals

5th species: Hawk

• 1 individual

From our given, we identify that we have 5 species and 48 individuals.

Solving for out BI, we substitute in the numbers to obtain our answer:

`\text{Biodiversity Index}=(5)/(48)`

Evaluating this, we can approximate the biodiversity index to be around 0.10.