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Baseline Feport (Afariah Associates, 1980). <br />• This index may vary from a value of 0 for habitats containing a single <br />species (e.g., an alfalfa field) to values of 4 or 5 for corcrrnuLities <br />containing many species, eat with a small number of individuals. The <br />Shannon-Weiner species diversity index may be used to compare ~mu~ity <br />composition data from a variety of sources. Differences in diversity <br />may be expected for oaarnuiities at different stages of succession, in <br />different habitats, or at different times of the year. <br />• <br />u <br />-9- <br />