Arthropod diversity indices in floricultural ecosystem: Which fares better?

Biodiversity being a multidimensional property is always considered as tough to measure or quantify mostly because of the assortment indices recommended for this purpose. However, there no agreement about which are more appropriate and informative. Arthropods one groups that have evaded knowledge human beings their role in ecosystem function. We used data collected from floricultural ecosystems rose, jasmine cock’s comb fields during 2016 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu calculated common arthropod diversity species richness dominance ordinal, familial level. The aim was find out whether surrogacy possible far analyses concerned determine some were better suited than others. In present study, it found most cases, irrespective index used, estimating based on family level presented closer picture analysis, but could not totally replicate sensitivity reflected by classification. Of three indices, only Simpson's discriminated variation at all levels, viz. with discrimination pronounced Hence, be inferred Simpson successfully measures.