What is the meaning of the apostroph (') in the shannon-Weaver index (H')?

Evans Ehouman @EVANS_EHOUMAN

01 January 1970 1 4K Report

Dear,

I am interested in plant biodiversity.

I am using Shannon-weaver or Shannon Index.

I noticed that sometimes, it is added an apostrophe (H') and an other not (H).

What is the meaning of this apostrophe?

Thank you!

Evans, E.

Nawal Alhajaj

Please can you help me how can I calculated Shannon- Weaver normalized index (HI)?

It should be use the data after analysis or raw data?

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