Comprehensive Biodiversity Analysis: City of Edinburgh Council Sites

This report critically evaluates the biodiversity of six sites within the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC), utilizing data on surveyed species. The analysis employs the Shannon and Simpson diversity indices to assess species richness and evenness, providing a comprehensive comparison of the sites. The methodology involves calculating these indices for each site, with detailed calculations presented for sample data. The report then discusses the results, interpreting the values to determine the most valuable sites from a biodiversity perspective. Based on the findings, the report concludes with recommendations regarding which sites are most valuable and which could potentially be destroyed, offering insights into the conservation and management of these natural habitats. The study emphasizes the importance of biodiversity indices in evaluating and comparing different locations, highlighting the significance of richness and evenness in understanding ecosystem health.

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF BIODIVERSITY OF CITY OF
EDINBURGH COUNCIL, (CEC) SURVEYED SPECIES OF THE SIX SITES
Numair Manzoor,1*
1Department of Engineering, University of ABC, UK.
*Corresponding Author:
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Abstract
Edinburgh is an area of terrific splendor and natural background. From The pentland hills to
the firth of forth, there is a wide variety of Habitats and herbal places. Some of these
locations Are domestic to uncommon and guarded flowers and animals. The firth of Forth is
of global and national importance for some species of birds. Upload to this current work to
create pollinator meadow regions within Edinburgh’s parks, and we've a image of a capital
town that's Great for flora and fauna and those. Late years have seen a blast in the
accessibility of biodiversity information portraying the dispersion, work, and developmental
history of life on earth. Coordinating these heterogeneous information stays a test because of
huge varieties in observational scales, assortment purposes, and wordings. I conceptualize
broadly utilized biodiversity information of six different Edinburg sites. In this paper, I
Compare these Six Sites obsservations/values using Shannon and Simpson diversity index.
Furhermore I have also critically evaluated the analyses and feature the collaborations
emerging from a more tight reconciliation of biodiversity information across spaces and goals
which I have done on the basis of data and also further give my final recoomendations and
conclusion. I spread out successful procedures for information assortment, preparation,
attribution, and sharing and sum up existing systems for versatile and integrative biodiversity
research. I utilize contextual investigations to show how the express thought of information
space and goal assists with distinguishing inclinations and holes in worldwide informational
collections and accomplish phenomenal ordered and geological information inclusion in
macroecological examinations.
Key word: Biodiversity; Habitats, geological.
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METHODOLOGY
Biodiversity, as perceived by the broadest definition is life, and if a solitary substitute
measure or file is lacking then the portrayal of biodiversity at all levels from qualities to
environment, requires a methodology that catches this multi-dimensionality. Biodiversity
appraisal commonly includes joining a set-up of techniques and substitutes that exclusively
are utilized to address less difficult, more straightforward logical enquiries concerning three
all-encompassing attributes of biodiversity which depict construction, structure and capacity.
Sr. No. Components Possible units of Measurement
1 Species Richness Species Inventory
2 Genetic Diversity Phylogenetic Distance
3 Eveness Metric e-r Shannon
4 Naturalness Comparison to benchmark
5 Rarity Importance to Proected Species
Table 1: Biodiversity description, measureable characeristics and variables
For the critical evaluation for the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) six sites. I took the data
initially from City of Edinburgh Council, CEC surveyed species. Biodiversity indices have
been calculated for the presented City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) six sites and then further
compared as well. Each of the indices used is described in the following text.
As in the end CEC has decided to destroy the 3 sites so I work with 2 method and for the
species rechness for more accuracy
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Method-I (Shannon’s Diversity Index)
This the formula of Shannon index, Shannon index is mainly used for the richness and
eveness of the species, thus we can calculate the richness of species at the site using Shannon
index.
In the bove mentioned formula, pi = proportion of individuals of species i in the total number
of individuals presented in the area. The Shannon index usually takes values in between 1.5
and 3.5(Magurran, 2004). If an area has a value of Shannon index equal or higher than 4, it is
considered as extraordinary from the biodiversity perspective.
Species Richness:
The Total No. of diffenret speices in a sample
Calculation of Shannon Index
species site7 sample 1 Shannon Index
Variable Name
Shannon Index
Calculation
muscorum 150 n=1 0.367
violaceus 145 n=2 0.368
germanica 45 n=3 0.253
mystacea 5 n=4 0.057
meridiana 23 n=5 0.170
caprea 1 n=6 0.016
hypochaeridis 1 n=7 0.016
fenestralis 4 n=8 0.048
undulata 3 n=9 0.038
ferox 2 n=10 0.028
Sum 379 N=10 1.360
Table 3: Shannon Calculation for the sample data of site no 7
Similarly for all others samples as well.
For the critical evaluation Shannon Index Diversity must be calculated for the City of
Edinburgh Council (CEC) given six sites. I took the data initially from City of Edinburgh
Council, CEC surveyed species, calculation of the site No. 1, Shannon diversity is as follows
We can calculate in the same way as for the sample sie no 7 i-e
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species site1 Shannon Index
Variable Name
Shannon Index
Calculation
muscorum 900 n=1 0.327
scutella 500 n=2 0.363
coriaceus 1 n=3 0.005
violaceus 125 n=4 0.198
nemoralis 1 n=5 0.005
hybrida 50 n=6 0.107
germanica 1 n=7 0.005
vagabondus 20 n=8 0.054
lituratus 1 n=9 0.005
campestris 8 n=10 0.026
mystacea 6 n=11 0.021
rubra 2 n=12 0.008
prasina 3 n=13 0.012
meridiana 2 n=14 0.008
caerulea 2 n=15 0.008
Sum 1622 N=15 1.1501
Table 4: Shannon Calculation for the CEC Site No. 1 data
On similar way we can calculate 5 other sites as well, results of which are as under Result
and discussion
Method-II (Simpson’s Diversity Index))
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This method or index is called simpson method, it also tells us the eveness of the species,
thus this method also clarifies us regarding the critical biodiversity of the CEC site analysis.
species site7 sample 1 Simpson (N-1) Simpson
N* (N-1)
muscorum 150 149 22350
violaceus 145 144 20880
germanica 45 44 1980
mystacea 5 4 20
meridiana 23 22 506
caprea 1 0 0
hypochaeridis 1 0 0
fenestralis 4 3 12
undulata 3 2 6
Ferox 2 1 2
Sum 379 45756
Table 4: Sample Shannon Calculation for the sample data of site no 7
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For the critical evaluation Simpson’s Index Diversity must be calculated for the City of
Edinburgh Council (CEC) given six sites. I took the data initially from City of Edinburgh
Council, CEC surveyed species, calculation of the site No. 1, Simpson’s diversity is as
follows
species site1 Simpson (N-1) Simpson
N* (N-1)
muscorum 900 899 809100
scutella 500 499 249500
coriaceus 1 0 0
violaceus 125 124 15500
nemoralis 1 0 0
hybrida 50 49 2450
germanica 1 0 0
vagabondus 20 19 380
lituratus 1 0 0
campestris 8 7 56
mystacea 6 5 30
rubra 2 1 2
prasina 3 2 6
meridiana 2 1 2
caerulea 2 1 2
Sum 1622 1607 1077028
Table 5: Shannon Calculation for the given CEC site No. 1
Applying Simpsons Diversity Index formula
1-(1077028)/(1622)(1622-1)
0.590368704
Similarly for others CEC samples on the same Pattren, Results has been shown in the Result
and discussion section
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Species Eveness
The relative abundance of each species in a sample.
Result and Discussion
Biodiversity indices have been calculated for all analyzed forest stands and the results are presented in
Table 6 for the given samples of site No. 7. Table 6. Biodiversity indices in the analyzed given sample
site No. 7
SITE No. 07 Biodiversity Indices
Shanon Simpson
Sample 1 1.360 0.680
Sample 2 1.089 0.459
Sample 3 1.169 0.486
Table 6: Results for the sample data of site no 7
The above table is for the given 15 samples out of which 3 has been calculated for the
reference for the site No 07, now as per given CEC six sites data the further calculation are as
under
CEC Biodiversity Indices
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SITES
Shanon Diversity Index Simpson Diversity Index
Site No. 01 1.501 0.590
Site No. 02 2.875 0.930
Site No. 03 1.769 0.887
Site No. 04 1.659 0.960
Site No. 05 1.786 0.855
Site No. 06 1.502 0.921
Table 7: Results for the CEC all six sites (Shannon and Simpson)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
0.59
0.93 0.887 0.96 0.855 0.921
1.501
2.875
1.769 1.659 1.786
1.502
City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) Sites
Analysis
Shannon Simpson
Figure 01: CEC Sites Analysis (Shannon and Simpson Diversity)
In the above table the Values written Green is the higest so this site can’t be destroyed
similiarly, the site in Blue nad site in green. Interpretation of the results shows that City of
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Edinburgh Council (CEC) site Site No 2, is the most valuable one from the biodiversity
perspective, taking into account richness and evenness of the species. This Site No. 2 stand
has the highest values of Shannon, Simpson, in comparison to the rest of the City of
Edinburgh Council (CEC) sites thus stands included in the research.
CONCLUSION
In the Given City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) sites data we can easily analyze thus
Measuring biodiversity is an important task in assessing and Evaluation. There are indices for
quantifying biodiversity based on its two main features: richness and evenness.This paper
offers an overview of the most commonly applied biodiversity indices: Shannon and
Simpson; describes how they are calculated on a case study example and discusses the results
obtained. High values of Shannon, Simpson refer to high biodiversity. Apart from analyzing
thebiodiversity indices for each City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) Sample individually, it is
also useful to make a comparison between them, which sites to be choosen to destroyed.
Thus I can conclude from the research that Most valuable site is Saite No. 02 followed by site
no 3 and site No. 05. Thus other sites namely, Saite No. 1, 4 and 6 can be choosen to
destroyed as comparison to the above valuable sites.
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