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. 2013 Nov 6;9:74. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-9-74

Table 1.

Species richness, diversity (H’ = Shannon-Wiener index), dominance and equitability in homegardens of the studied zones

Environmental zone Home garden Area (m2) Number of plant species Number of individual plants Diversity (H’) Dominance Equitability
CFZ
 1
 550
 68
 777
 3.071
 0.918
 0.727
CFZ
 2
 1400
 92
 2687
 3.041
 0.918
 0.672
CFZ
 3
 600
 94
 1116
 3.092
 0.884
 0.68
CFZ
 4
 500
 73
 1384
 2.675
 0.833
 0.623
CFZ
 5
 1000
 89
 1364
 3.043
 0.89
 0.678
CFZ
 6
 2000
 57
 1184
 2.81
 0.906
 0.695
CFZ
 7
 900
 45
 680
 2.64
 0.874
 0.693
CFZ
 8
 100
 66
 2058
 2.8
 0.862
 0.668
CFZ
 9
 400
 46
 801
 3.225
 0.944
 0.842
CFZ
 10
 600
 35
 591
 2.703
 0.898
 0.76
χ
  
 805
 66.5
 1264
 2.91
 0.89
 0.70
σ
  
 550.98
 20.88
 662.79
 0.21
 0.03
 0.06
TRFZ
 11
 400
 91
 1290
 3.153
 0.91
 0.698
TRFZ
 12
 150
 34
 245
 2.708
 0.892
 0.768
TRFZ
 13
 600
 32
 644
 2.035
 0.79
 0.587
TRFZ
 14
 150
 11
 53
 1.878
 0.774
 0.783
TRFZ
 15
 200
 31
 236
 2.627
 0.884
 0.765
TRFZ
 16
 300
 69
 969
 2.686
 0.844
 0.634
TRFZ
 17
 400
 58
 1587
 2.126
 0.783
 0.523
TRFZ
 18
 250
 47
 736
 2.308
 0.817
 0.599
TRFZ
 19
 600
 39
 1062
 2.129
 0.802
 0.581
TRFZ
 20
 450
 49
 1420
 2.195
 0.795
 0.564
χ
  
 350
 46.10
 824.20
 2.38
 0.83
 0.65
σ
  
 168.33
 22.48
 532.06
 0.39
 0.05
 0.10
TDFZ
 21
 500
 43
 574
 2.801
 0.898
 0.744
TDFZ
 22
 600
 37
 444
 2.578
 0.857
 0.713
TDFZ
 23
 250
 14
 47
 2.427
 0.895
 0.919
TDFZ
 24
 200
 34
 2452
 2.217
 0.846
 0.628
TDFZ
 25
 100
 37
 281
 2.508
 0.853
 0.694
TDFZ
 26
 250
 29
 254
 2.807
 0.914
 0.833
TDFZ
 27
 150
 45
 175
 3.208
 0.939
 0.842
TDFZ
 28
 250
 63
 3933
 1.966
 0.768
 0.474
TDFZ
 29
 400
 19
 1508
 1.029
 0.421
 0.349
TDFZ
 30
 300
 46
 3537
 1.007
 0.35
 0.262
χ
  
 300
 36.70
 1320.50
 2.25
 0.77
 0.65
σ   156.35 14.07 1473.13 0.73 0.21 0.22

CFZ = Cloud Forest Zone; TRFZ = Tropical Rainforest Zone; TDFZ = Tropical Dry Forest Zone.