comdistnt.par: Inter-community mean nearest taxon distance

comdistnt.parR Documentation

Inter-community mean nearest taxon distance

Description

Parallel calculation of MNTD (mean nearest taxon distance) separating taxa in two communities, a measure of phylogenetic beta diversity

Usage

comdistnt.par(
  comm,
  dis,
  abundance.weighted = FALSE,
  exclude.conspecifics = FALSE,
  cores = 1,
  progress = TRUE
)

Arguments

comm

Community data matrix with samples as rows

dis

Distance matrix (generally a phylogenetic distance matrix)

abundance.weighted

Should mean nearest taxon distances for each species be weighted by species abundance? (default = FALSE)

exclude.conspecifics

Should conspecific taxa in different communities be exclude from MNTD calculations? (default = FALSE)

cores

How many cores should be used for parallel computing'

progress

Show a progress bar

Value

A distance matrix of MNTD values


Russel88/MicEco documentation built on Nov. 24, 2022, 2:33 a.m.