alpha_var: Alpha variability

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s)

Description

Alpha variability

Usage

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alpha_var(D, id_var = "plot_id", time_var = "calendar_year",
  species_id = "sp")

Arguments

D

Dataframe with time series of species level measurements of abundance/biomass across multiple patches. The dataframe can contain many additional columns that will be ignored.

id_var

Column name within dataframe that identifies unique patches. Defaults to "plot_id".

time_var

Column name within dataframe for the temporal identifier. Defaults to "calendar_year".

species_id

Character flag for columns indicating species id. Defaults to "sp".

Value

output Numeric scalar for alpha variability (CV) at local scale.

Author(s)

Andrew Tredennick


atredennick/patches documentation built on May 10, 2019, 2:11 p.m.