Table 3 Diversity analysis for each of the seven plant community types in Sele-Nono Forest
Cluster number | Altitude Range(m, asl) | No. of plots | Species richness (S) | Shannon diversity index | Whittaker’s diversity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Species diversity (H) | Species evenness (J) | α-diversity | \({\beta }_{w}\)-diversity | ||||
1 | 1600–1900 | 19 | 101 | 4.09 | 0.88 | 24.11 | 4.18 |
2 | 840–1250 | 13 | 71 | 3.82 | 0.89 | 19.69 | 3.60 |
3 | 2300–2448 | 9 | 58 | 3.62 | 0.89 | 14.00 | 4.14 |
4 | 1850–2300 | 29 | 186 | 4.36 | 0.83 | 29.20 | 6.36 |
5 | 1640–1850 | 8 | 55 | 3.64 | 0.90 | 16.25 | 3.38 |
6 | 1600–1800 | 5 | 46 | 3.53 | 0.92 | 24.40 | 1.88 |
7 | 1200–1500 | 7 | 91 | 4.16 | 0.92 | 30.66 | 2.96 |