Relationship between species richness, taxonomic distinctness, functional diversity, and local contribution to β diversity and effects of habitat disturbance in the riparian spider community of the Ganga River, India

Ecological Processes

Table 2 Pearson’s correlation between species richness, index of taxonomic distinctness (Δ⁺), index of variation in taxonomic distinctness (λ⁺), functional evenness (FEve), functional divergence (FDiv), functional dispersion (FDis), local contribution to β diversity (LCBD) and habitat disturbance score of the 27 sites studied along the Ganga River, India

	Species richness	Δ⁺	λ⁺	FEve	FDiv	FDis	LCBD
Δ⁺	0.046
λ⁺	0.191	− 0.517^*
FEve	− 0.855^*	0.201	− 0.494^*
FDiv	0.449^*	− 0.033	− 0.037	− 0.186
FDis	0.205	0.609^*	− 0.394^*	− 0.088	0.094
LCBD	0.702^*	− 0.031	0.272	− 0.734^*	0.045	0.152
Habitat disturbance score	− 0.911	0.006	− 0.283	0.889^*	− 0.275	− 0.217	− 0.681^*