Research Article
Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Avifauna in District Jhang, Pakistan
Table 3
Comparison in diversity between Thal desert and Trimmu barrage in different months by
test and Shannon diversity index.
| Month | Thal desert | Trimmu barrage | -value | value | S | H’ | Var H | S | H’ | Var H |
| Mar | 35 | 3.170 | 0.00051 | 45 | 3.207 | 0.00071 | 1.28NS | 0.100 | Apr | 34 | 2.910 | 0.00068 | 43 | 3.012 | 0.00072 | 7.86 | 0.000 | May | 34 | 2.989 | 0.00102 | 37 | 2.990 | 0.00055 | 9.90 | 0.000 | June | 35 | 3.090 | 0.00083 | 38 | 2.993 | 0.00092 | 4.10 | 0.000 | July | 34 | 2.801 | 0.00074 | 40 | 2.991 | 0.00084 | 4.50 | 0.000 | Aug | 37 | 3.119 | 0.00067 | 35 | 2. 941 | 0.00076 | 3.62 | 0.000 | Sep | 32 | 2.734 | 0.00096 | 35 | 2.901 | 0.00130 | 1.98 | 0.024 | Oct | 31 | 2.704 | 0.00160 | 35 | 3.013 | 0.00162 | 1.07NS | 0.142 | Nov | 37 | 3.092 | 0.00136 | 47 | 3.264 | 0.00070 | 2.06 | 0.020 | Dec | 35 | 3.179 | 0.00081 | 51 | 3.391 | 0.00049 | 2.60 | 0.005 | Jan | 38 | 3.292 | 0.00093 | 51 | 3.450 | 0.00037 | 0.00NS | 0.500 | Feb | 35 | 3.067 | 0.00065 | 48 | 3.314 | 0.00054 | 6.81 | 0.000 | Total | 45 | 3.342 | 0.00007 | 58 | 3.351 | 0.00007 | 0.77NS | 0.222 |
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Key: S: number of species (richness); H’: Shannon’s diversity index; NS: nonsignificant ( ); significant ( ); highly significant ( ). |