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Hutcheson 1970
Hutcheson 1970
where
J=i
isi
152 K. HUTCHESON
For example,
n=2 £/i = (l-P2)ln2
n=3 -2(P2-P3)'ln2+(1-P3)ln3.
— a — 6—l^a+l
"j
2 n—a —h —1
x(l-Pi-p/ln (2)
flE + 1
(Vdr hj+Var
' is asymptotically t with d.f. given above.
Using data from Stoddard & Norris (1967), we will compare the diversity
of the bird casualties of January 1964 to that of January 1965. The number
1 of individuals killed in January 1964 was 57 with 16 species represented.
■ The number of individuals killed in January 1965 was 23 with 11 species
: represented. For 1964,
hi = 2-44155 Var hi = 0-0148724
' for 1965,
/12 = 1-80785 Var li2 = 0-0620399
t =------- hzh— = 2-285,
° (Varhi + Varhz) '
with 35 degrees of freedom.
We would reject the hypothesis of equal diversities at the 5 % level.
The true variance for 1965 was found to be
Var h2 = 0-0547087, thus the above test is conservative.
The data from Table 1 of Pielou (1966) gives for plot 6 earlier,
species = 6, individuals = 496, h = 0-97931
plot 6 later,
species = 6, individuals = 443, h = 1-02472.
To test for a difference in diversity we have
^ 1-02472-0-97931 ^
(0-0012556 + 0-0013055)^/2
with degrees of freedom large. Thus, we cannot reject the hypothesis of equal
diversity.
REFERENCES
Bowman, K. O., Hutcheson, K., Odum, E. P. & Shenton, L. R. (1969). International
Symposium on Statistical Ecology. Vol. 3. University Park: Pennsylvania State University
Press.
Hutcheson, K. (1969). Ph.D. Dissertation.
PiELOU, E. C. (1966). J. theor. Biol. 10, 370.
Stoddard, H. L. & Norris, R. A. (1967). Bull. Tall Timbers Res. Stn 8, 1.