Description of GenGIS plugins

Alpha Diversity

The Alpha Diversity plugin calculates alpha diversity for active locations. It currently calculate richness, Shannon, and Simpson alpha diversity. To calculate alpha diversity, you must select the Measure you wish to calculate and the Category field in your sequence file over which diversity will be calculate (Fig. 1). You may optionally select a Count field which indicates the number of times a given sequence is observed at a location. Pressing Calculate causes alpha diversity to be calculated. Results are reported within the plugin and added to the location table for use within GenGIS and other plugins.

Figure 1. Alpha Diversity plugin.

Location Table Viewer

The Location Table Viewer plugin display a table indicating the metadata associated with each location (Fig. 6). Other plugins and custom Python scripts can be used to add data to the Location Table. By default, only data for active locations is shown. To show data for all locations check the Show data for all locations checkbox.

Figure 6. Location Table plugin.

Sequence Table Viewer

The Sequence Table Viewer plugin display a table indicating the metadata associated with each sequence (Fig. 6). Other plugins and custom Python scripts can be used to add data to the Sequence Table. By default, only data for active locations and active sequences is shown. To show data for all locations check the Show data for all locations checkbox. To show data for all sequences check the Show data for all sequences checkbox.

Figure 6. Sequence Table plugin.