FIG. 3. — Diversity profile curves plotting the species diversity of Terra Firme (TF), Várzea (VF), and Freshwater Beach (FB) forests as a function of q-order values. Coloured dots represent Hill numbers: species richness (q = 0), Shannon diversity (q = 1), and inverse Simpson diversity (q = 2). The slope of the curve reflects the uniformity of relative species abundances (e.g. a steeper curve indicates a more uneven distribution of relative abundances).