# Diversity Indices

Your goal for this assignment is to find a dataset online that includes species abundances across different regions. You will conduct diversity analyses on the dataset to compare diversity among regions.

### 0) Set-up your environment

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### 1) Describe your dataset and how it was collected. Explore your dataset and describe what you see.

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### 2) Clean and wrangle your data, describing why you are conducting the cleaning steps you are taking.

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### 3) Plot your data for initial analysis/description of your dataset. This could include histograms of species abundances or maps of the locations of plots. What trends do you see?

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### 4) Calculate and compare diversity metrics for each region (*Hint: there were 3 different diversity metrics in lab, with the 3rd having two options for its calculation*). What do you observe?

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### 5) Calculate, plot, and compare Euclidean, Bray-Curtis, and Jaccard distances for your data. Create an NMDS plot for both Bray-Curits and Jaccard distances for your data. What do you observe?

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### 6) Calculate Gini-Simpson Index, Simpson's Evenness, and Shannon Index values for your data. What do you observe?

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### 7) What overall hypotheses or conclusions can you draw from your analysis of this dataset?

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