betacomp: Beta Base on Complementarity of Ecological Communities

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betacompR Documentation

Beta Base on Complementarity of Ecological Communities

Description

Estimate beta diversity based on the Bray-Curtis index estiumates of complementarity (an assymetric meassures) betweb pairs of ecological communities.

Usage

betacomp(M)

Arguments

M

A numeric matrix with at least two columns (sites) and r rows (species).

Value

Return a list of matrixes of the complementarities between pairs of communities and the beta diversity between them.

Author(s)

Guevara, R., roger.guevara@inecol.mx

References

Aguirre, A., Guevara, R., García, M. and López, J.C. (2010), Fate of epiphytes on phorophytes with different architectural characteristics along the perturbation gradient of Sabal mexicana forests in Veracruz, Mexico. Journal of Vegetation Science, 21: 6-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01131.x

Examples


library(vegan)
data(dune)
betacomp(t(dune[1:4,]))

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