fluxSizeDiversity: Get flux size diversity. Calculates the diversity in flux...

View source: R/evaluate_characteristics.R

fluxSizeDiversityR Documentation

Get flux size diversity. Calculates the diversity in flux weights (flux sizes).

Description

Get flux size diversity. Calculates the diversity in flux weights (flux sizes).

Usage

fluxSizeDiversity(FM)

Arguments

FM

(required) A square flow matrix with flows from source in rows to sink in columns.

Details

Cannibalistic flows (from i to i) are included in calculations.

Value

Returns a double.

References

  • van Altena, C., Hemerik, L., de Ruiter, P.C., 2016. Food web stability and weighted connectance: the complexity-stability debate revisited. Theor. Ecol. 9, 49–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-015-0291-7

  • Boit, A.; Gaedke, U., 2014. Benchmarking successional progress in a quantitative food web. Plos One 9(2):e90404. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090404

  • Ulanowicz, R.E., 1997. Limitations on the connectivity of ecosystem flow networks. In: Rinaldo, A.; Marani, A. (eds) Biological models. Instituto Veneto de Scienze, Lettre ed Arti, Venica, pp 125-143.


dswdejonge/fwstability documentation built on Dec. 7, 2022, 7:24 p.m.