Peilou's evenness index

[young_doktor]

Is there a way to calculate Peilou’s index in mothur, and is it the same as Shannoneven? Thanks!

[pschloss]

Thanks for the question and apologies that we never finished that page in the wiki documentation. It is the same as shannoneven. You can see the code for the function here

Pat

[young_doktor]

Thank you for the quick response!