Table 5 Beta diversity values calculated to measure change in the white Grub beetles diversity along the selected gradients in Uttarakhand.

From: Distribution and diversity of white Grub beetles across agro-ecological zones in Uttarakhand, India

Site 1*

Site 2*

Shared species

No. of species at site 1

No. of species at site 2

Sorensens similarity index

Jaccard index

1

2

17

29

28

0.4595

0.2297

1

3

15

29

37

0.3704

0.1852

1

4

26

29

71

0.4127

0.2063

1

5

13

29

31

0.3562

0.1781

1

6

7

29

27

0.2222

0.1111

1

7

16

29

43

0.3636

0.1818

2

3

13

28

37

0.3333

0.1667

2

4

28

28

71

0.4409

0.2205

2

5

17

28

31

0.4474

0.2237

2

6

6

28

27

0.1967

0.0984

2

7

15

28

43

0.3488

0.1744

3

4

26

37

71

0.3881

0.1940

3

5

18

37

31

0.4186

0.2093

3

6

23

37

27

0.5287

0.2644

3

7

8

37

43

0.1818

0.0909

4

5

23

71

31

0.368

0.1840

4

6

17

71

27

0.2957

0.1478

4

7

30

71

43

0.4167

0.2083

5

6

9

31

27

0.2687

0.1343

5

7

15

31

43

0.3371

0.1685

6

7

4

27

43

0.1081

0.0541

  1. *1- Chaukhutiya, 2- Chinyalisaur, 3- Gwaldam, 4- Hawalbagh, 5- Jeolikote, 6- Mukteshwar and 7- Pantnagar.