summary.param: Summarize global phytosociological parameters

In PhytoIn: Vegetation Analysis and Forest Inventory

Summarize global phytosociological parameters

Description

Display a concise summary of the global parameters computed by phytoparam. If family-level outputs are present (i.e., the string "N. of families" occurs in the first column of object$global), the first seven rows are shown; otherwise, the first six rows are shown.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'param'
summary(object, ...)

Arguments

object	An object of class param returned by phytoparam.
...	Ignored.

Details

Row names of object$global are removed before printing. The function is intended for quick inspection of the main global metrics.

Value

Used mainly for its side effect of printing to the console. Invisibly returns the displayed data.frame.

See Also

PhytoIn (phytoparam, plot.param.

Examples

res <- phytoparam(x = quadrat.df, measure.label = "CBH",
                  taxon = "Species", family = "Family",
                  su = "Plot", su.size = 25)
summary(res)  # calls summary.param (S3)

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