You're analyzing biodiversity on three islands:  Island A, located near the equator with varied elevations;  Island B, situated in temperate latitudes and relatively flat; Island C, another equatorial island but with a wide variety of habitats. To test your answers to the first question, you decide to survey the lizard species on the islands. Below is a graphical representation of a survey plot from each island, where icons represents different species and the abundance of each species is tallied in the table below. (note: these surveys may not represent the entire island patterns, so don’t use these to try to answer the first question!)   A. What is the alpha diversity on each island? Island A Island B Island C B.  What is the beta diversity between each island pair (A-B, A-C, B-C)? Beta diversity A-B Beta diversity A-C Beta diversity B-C C. Calculate the Shannon-Weiner index and Simpson’s index of diversity for each island. Island A Island B Island C D. What do these diversity metrics tell you about biodiversity on each island?

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You're analyzing biodiversity on three islands: 

Island A, located near the equator with varied elevations; 

Island B, situated in temperate latitudes and relatively flat;

Island C, another equatorial island but with a wide variety of habitats.

To test your answers to the first question, you decide to survey the lizard species on the islands. Below is a graphical representation of a survey plot from each island, where icons represents different species and the abundance of each species is tallied in the table below. (note: these surveys may not represent the entire island patterns, so don’t use these to try to answer the first question!)

 

A. What is the alpha diversity on each island?

Island A

Island B

Island C

B.  What is the beta diversity between each island pair (A-B, A-C, B-C)?

Beta diversity A-B

Beta diversity A-C

Beta diversity B-C

C. Calculate the Shannon-Weiner index and Simpson’s index of diversity for each island.

Island A

Island B

Island C

D. What do these diversity metrics tell you about biodiversity on each island?



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