AbToInd: Internal function. Transform abundance data matrix into...

In cati: Community Assembly by Traits: Individuals and Beyond

Internal function. Transform abundance data matrix into individual like matrix.

Description

Transform abundance data matrix into individual like matrix to allows the use of ComIndex and ComIndexMulti on populationnal or specific traits values.

Usage

	AbToInd(traits, com, type.sp.val = "count")

Arguments

traits	Individual Matrix of traits with traits in columns. "traits" matrix must have row names (e.g. species or populationnal names).
com	Community data matrix with species in rows and sites in column.
type.sp.val	Either "count" or "abundance". Use abundance when all values in the com matrix are not superior to one. Using abundance is EXPERIMENTAL. This function round abundance to fit count data.

Details

Internal function

Value

A list of objects:

$traits	Individual traits matrix
$sp	Vector of species attributes
$ind.plot	Vector of sites attributes

Author(s)

Adrien Taudiere

cati documentation built on March 18, 2022, 5:43 p.m.