Diversity indices

[Shahr_Bano]

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

[colinbrislawn (Colin J Brislawn)]

Good morning Shahr,

Welcome to the forums!

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

Alpha and Beta Diversity Explanations and Commands

About the Alpha and Beta Diversity Analysis Tutorial This Alpha and Beta Diversity Community Tutorial (run using QIIME 2017.12) walks you through analyzing the alpha and beta diversity of a sample dataset. Below you will find a link to a small test dataset to download and use in this tutorial. Files used in tutorial The following files, derived from the Moving Pictures tutorial, are used in this document. table.qza rooted-tree.qza Alpha Diversity Analysis The alpha and alpha-phylogenetic …

@Shahr_Bano

Now I need an expert suggestion to choose the better indices to write and explain. should I use all of them or selected ones?

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?