Table 1 Mean species richness and species abundance in the Heterogeneous (HT) and homogeneous (HM) hillslopes in 2016 and 2017 years.

From: Geodiversity impacts plant community structure in a semi-arid region

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Species richness (n)

Species abundance (N)

Shannon Diversity’s Index (H)

Simpson Diversity’s Index (D)

Shannon Evenness Index (E)

HT (2016–2017)

31

122

1.71 ± 0.01

2.59 ± 0.01

0.50

HM (2016–2017)

30

121

1.65 ± 0.01

2.59 ± 0.01

0.49

HT (2016)

19

141

1.43 ± 0.02

2.23 ± 0.02

0.49

HT (2017)

22

102

2.02 ± 0.02

4.01 ± 0.01

0.65

HM (2016)

19

71

1.83 ± 0.02

3.78 ± 0.01

0.62

HM (2017)

17

51

0.90 ± 0.01

1.47 ± 0.04

0.32