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Table 5 Shannon diversity and similarity indices of bio-culturally important food species of Adi

From: Evidence that cultural food practices of Adi women in Arunachal Pradesh, India, improve social-ecological resilience: insights for Sustainable Development Goals

Major use

Diversity and similarity indices

Jhum lands

Home gardens/aquatic bodiesa

Morang community forests

Across the ecosystems

A. Food

A.1 Plant species

  Species richness

6

8

NA

14

  Shannon diversity (H)

1.79

2.08

NA

2.64

  Simpson dominance (1–D)

0.83

0.88

NA

0.93

  Berger-Parker index

0.17

0.13

NA

0.08

  Chao-2

-

-

-

34.62 ± 26.23

A.2 Animal species

  Species richness

NA

5

12

17

  Shannon diversity (H)

NA

1.61

2.49

3.85

  Simpson dominance (1–D)

NA

0.80

0.92

0.98

  Berger-Parker index

NA

0.20

0.08

0.02

  Chao-2

-

-

-

45.49 ± 38.29

B. Food and ethnomedicine

 Species richness

7

15

11

33

 Shannon diversity (H)

1.95

2.71

2.40

3.50

 Simpson dominance (1–D)

0.86

0.93

0.78

0.97

 Berger-Parker index

0.14

0.07

0.09

0.03

 Chao-2

-

-

-

101.5 ± 148

  1. Note: NA indicates that there were no species recorded in that particular land use
  2. Looking to the assumptions of diversity indices (sample size and number of species for each category), pooled data (across the social systems) were used to draw this table
  3. aAquatic bodies cover water stream in community forest and river tributaries (under community ownership)