Diversity indices

Hello,
I am a student of Masters of forest ecology. I am writing my thesis and wondering about the Diversity indices which one to explain in my thesis? I have Chao1, ACE, Shannon, Simpson, and Coverage index for soil bacteria and fungi. Now I need an expert suggestion to choose the better indices to write and explain. should I use all of them or selected ones?
kindly consider my request and do reply ASAP, it's urgent.

Shahr Bano

Good morning Shahr,

Welcome to the forums! :qiime2:

Here's a guide that describes all these indexes and provides citations, including the ones you mention:

Based on your literature review of similar papers in the field, what metrics do other researchers commonly report? What biological question are you trying to answer on this project?

:evergreen_tree: :evergreen_tree: :thinking:

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