Biodiversity and Structural Analysis of Woody Plant Species of Home Gardens in Basona Worana District, North Shoa Zone of Central Ethiopia

Table 7

Mean values of woody species richness, abundance, diversity indices of Shannon and Simpson, and evenness of the HGs across the three agroecological zones of BWD.

Indices/variables	Mean ± SE			Overall HGs (N = 138)
	Dega (n = 68)	Woinadega (n = 45)	Kola (n = 25)
Richness	3.21 (±1.55)	4.60 (±1.48)	5.88 (±1.59)	4.14 (±1.84)
Abundance	47.93 (±47.12)	35.78 (±32.64)	24.24 (±12.23)	39.67 (±39.2)
Shannon diversity (H′)	0.84 (±0.51)	1.14 (±0.31)	1.48 (±0.28)	1.05 (±0.48)
Simpson’s diversity (D)	0.47 (±0.27)	0.60 (±0.13)	0.72 (±0.09)	0.55 (±0.23)
Evenness (H′/)	0.69 (±0.36)	0.78 (±0.15)	0.86 (±0.10)	0.75 (±0.27)

Note. HGs = home gardens, SE = standard error.