Higher Species Evenness in a Community Can Be Measured by a Shallower

question 24

True/False

Higher species evenness in a community can be measured by a shallower slope on a rank-abundance curve.

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Definitions:

Expected Frequency

The predicted frequency of occurrences in a category based on the application of a statistical model or the distribution assumption.

Chi-Square

A statistical method employed to assess whether a notable difference exists between the frequencies that are observed and those that are anticipated across one or more categories.

Row Variable

A variable represented by rows in a table or matrix, often used to define or categorize the data horizontally.

Column Variable

A variable represented by columns in a dataset, where each column contains values of the variable for each observation.