Statistic Test and Network Software on Statistic Significance of Biological Diversity and Evenness
Shaanon-Wiener measures on biodiversity and evenness were widely used in community ecology and bio diversity researches.Their reliability,however,were largely restricted because of the shortage of statistic test on the measures.In this study,the Web-based computational software for the test based on Ewens-Caswell model and Shaanon-Wiener measure,EwensCaswellTest,which is comprised of4Java classes and a HTML file,was developed.It can be run on various Web browsers.Rice invertebrate diversity(15sampling sites,17functional groups)and human HLA-DQB1allele gene polymorphism(12human races or populations,17allele genes)were analysed using software Ewens CaswellTest.The results showed that the statistic significance of diversity and evenness can be effectively detected by the test.