Table 2.

Species richness, Pielou's evenness, Shannon-Weaver and Simpson diversity indices of three macrohabitats in Embu and Machakos Counties during wet and dry seasons.

County	Index	Maize-beans intercrop		Maize monocrop		Natural vegetation
		Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Embu	Shannon-Weaver	1.32a	0.04	1.37a	0.05	1.45a	0.02
	Simpson diversity	0.67a	0.02	0.69a	0.02	0.73a	0.01
	Species richness	5.83a	0.17	5.83a	0.17	5.83a	0.17
	Pielou's evenness	0.75b	0.01	0.78ab	0.02	0.83a	0.02
Machakos	Shannon-Weaver	1.37a	0.06	1.2a	0.10	1.42a	0.08
	Simpson diversity	0.68a	0.02	0.61a	0.04	0.68a	0.03
	Species richness	6.33a	0.33	5.67a	0.42	6.67a	0.33
	Pielou's evenness	0.74a	0.02	0.69a	0.04	0.75a	0.03

Different letters across the row indicate significant differences. SE-Standard error.