Diversity represents a key concept in ecology, and there are various methods of assessing it. The multitude of diversity indices are quite puzzling and sometimes difficult to compute for a large volume of data. This paper promotes a computational tool used to assess the diversity of different entities. The BIODIV software is a user-friendly tool, developed using Microsoft Visual Basic. It is capable to compute several diversity indices such as: Shannon, Simpson, Pielou, Brillouin, Berger-Parker, McIntosh, Margalef, Menhinick and Gleason. The software tool was tested using real data sets and the results were analysed in order to make assumption on the indices behaviour. The results showed a clear segregation of indices in two major groups with similar expressivity.

翻译：多样性是生态学中的一个关键概念,有多种评估方法。多样性指数众多,令人费解,有时难以计算大量数据。本文提倡一种用于评估不同实体多样性的计算工具。BIODIV软件是一个方便用户的工具,使用微软视觉基础软件开发。它能够计算多种多样性指数,如香农、辛普森、皮洛洛、布利柳英、贝尔杰-帕尔克、麦金托什、玛格莱夫、门希尼克和格莱松。软件工具是用真实数据集测试的,分析结果,以便假设指数行为。结果显示两个具有类似表达性的主要群体的指数明显分离。