List of top Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology Questions on Descriptive statistics asked in GATE EY

The table below gives the abundance of species 1 to 10 in three communities, P, Q, and R, each with a total of 100 individuals. Simpson's diversity index for a community is
\[ D = 1 - \sum_i p_i^2, \] where \(p_i\) is the proportion of individuals in the community belonging to the \(i^{th}\) species.

Species	Community P	Community Q	Community R
1	69	45	70
2	18	43	21
3	5	4	4
4	4	3	5
5	1	1	0
6	1	1	0
7	0	0	1
8	1	1	0
9	0	0	1
10	1	1	0

Which one of the following statements is true about the comparison of Simpson's index between these communities?