High values of Good covarage, shannon entropy, Simpson index, Chao1 and ace are indicators of high diversity?

13 September 2022 0 7K Report

I know that these are indicators of alpha diversity and I know the descriptions but I don't understand at a practical level what value they have to have to indentificate an high diversity. Thank you in advance!

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