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Table 2
Diversity indices of four dynamic plant life forms in tropical dry deciduous forest of Sathanur reserve forest, Eastern Ghats (T—tree, S—shrub,
H—herb, C—climbers)
Plot No.
Dominance index
Shannon’s index
Fisher alpha
T
S
H
C
T
S
H
C
T
S
H
C
1
0.41
0.32
0.15
0.21
1.49
1.37
2.33
1.97
4.04
2.13
4.38
3.49
2
0.56
0.30
0.14
0.17
0.85
1.37
2.28
2.04
1.81
1.69
3.37
3.65
3
0.62
0.26
0.13
0.10
0.77
1.58
2.48
2.48
1.94
2.15
4.39
6.29
4
0.68
0.29
0.12
0.22
0.72
1.43
2.49
1.93
1.71
1.76
5.04
3.58
5
0.35
0.32
0.11
0.10
1.52
1.38
2.51
2.69
3.00
1.57
4.93
7.56
6
0.66
0.22
0.19
0.11
0.74
1.71
2.08
2.26
1.92
1.58
3.24
4.99
7
0.29
0.23
0.10
0.14
1.80
1.73
2.61
2.21
3.95
1.83
5.34
6.30
8
0.59
0.24
0.13
0.28
0.89
1.62
2.42
1.75
1.25
1.70
4.51
3.32
9
0.35
0.25
0.10
0.26
1.28
1.72
2.80
1.89
2.05
2.86
5.31
4.59
10
0.32
0.23
0.13
0.15
1.56
1.65
2.64
2.07
4.60
1.71
5.39
3.14
11
0.27
0.37
0.21
0.32
1.87
1.32
1.90
1.60
5.24
2.07
2.19
3.11
12
0.37
0.34
0.34
0.22
1.32
1.40
1.27
1.92
3.23
1.63
1.32
3.64
13
0.27
0.61
0.47
0.28
2.03
0.81
1.16
1.77
6.36
0.82
1.69
3.19
14
0.36
0.33
0.09
0.09
1.60
1.48
2.70
2.80
4.41
2.70
5.33
8.11
15
0.36
0.23
0.20
0.36
1.62
1.78
2.12
1.75
3.79
2.32
3.15
4.21
16
0.46
0.25
0.16
0.26
1.01
1.74
2.30
2.15
3.03
2.37
3.85
5.93
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