traits2dist: Convert a trait table into a distance matrix

In hilldiv3: Integral Analysis of Diversity Based on Hill Numbers

Convert a trait table into a distance matrix

Description

Build a pairwise functional distance matrix from a table of taxon traits, suitable as the dist argument of hilldiv() and friends.

Usage

traits2dist(traits, method = c("gower", "euclidean", "manhattan"))

Arguments

traits	A table with taxa (OTUs/ASVs/MAGs) in rows and traits in columns. Traits may be continuous, binary or proportional.
method	Distance metric passed to cluster::daisy(): "gower" (default), "euclidean" or "manhattan".

Value

A numeric distance matrix.

Examples

traits <- data.frame(body = c(1, 0.2, 0.9), diet = c(0L, 1L, 1L),
                     row.names = c("t1", "t2", "t3"))
traits2dist(traits)

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