Table 6. Results of the exploratory factor analysis with all observed alpha diversity metrics.
Alpha Diversity Measure | “Richness” Factor Loading | “Evenness” Factor Loading | h2 |
---|---|---|---|
Ace | .99 | .99 | |
Observed otus | .99 | .99 | |
Chao1 | .99 | .99 | |
Margalef | .98 | .98 | |
Fisher alpha | .96 | .96 | |
Faith pd | .91 | .83 | |
Brillouin d | .82 | .56 | .98 |
Shannon | .81 | .57 | .98 |
Enspie (ENS) | .68 | .61 | .84 |
Menhinick | .61 | .52 | .64 |
Mcintoch e | -.65 | -.67 | .86 |
Simpson | .57 | .58 | .65 |
Simpson e | .92 | .85 | |
Berger parker d | -.51 | -.68 | .73 |
Strong* | -.81 | .70 | |
Pielou e | .85 | .96 | |
Heip e | .98 | .99 | |
Lladser pe | .40 |
h2 = proportion of variance of each measure explained by the factors; factor loadings > .5 shown