Question

Can you have two communities with different species richness but the same species evenness? If your answer is yes, please give an example to illustrate what this would look like in two made-up communities. If no, please explain why not.

Answer 1

No

Step-by-step explanation:

Two locations with the same richness do not necessarily have the same species evenness.

For example, both communities in figure 9.2. b have three different trees species and thus a species richness of three. However, there is a dominant species (represented by six individuals) in community #1.