Diversity is a new tool for entering and inspecting ecological data, and for measuring the diversity of ecological communities. Spreadsheets have long been the standard tool for ecological data entry, but spreadsheets are cumbersome for working with these data. Diversity makes it quick to enter your data and to see the composition of your samples. Standard measures of diversity, including both individual-based and sample-based rarefaction, are made blazingly fast. Use spreadsheets for number crunching, not for data entry and viewing! Data entry in Diversity is quick: type a few characters for the species name, then enter the abundance. No scrolling back and forth through a spreadsheet and no more entering zeroes for species that don't occur. Easier data entry means fewer errors. Easily see the composition of any sample, sort the samples by species name or abundance, and quickly step through your samples.
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