identify_env: Identify the environment from new samples of community...

In lsaravia/EcoIndicators: An Algorithm for the Identification of Indicator Taxonomic Units and their Use in Analyses of Ecosystem State

Identify the environment from new samples of community species

Description

This function uses the result of [select_indicator_species()] to identify a new set of samples from the community

Usage

identify_env(com.to.identify, indicator.species, group, alfa = 0.05)

Arguments

com.to.identify	A new sample or group of samples to identify the environment that they belong to.
indicator.species	The indicator species such as that returned by [select_indicator_species()]
group	vector of the sample grouping of the original community.
alfa	Significance level used for the test.

Value

A list with two components: a data.frame with the environment estimation value for each group and a vector with the belonging environment estimated. If two environments coincides in the max value then returns NA.

Examples

data(soilandfauna)
 
# Select community (species) data

com <- soilandfauna[,18:60]

# Select grouping factor

group <- soilandfauna[,1]

# Select a subset of samples belonging to the same environment

subcom <- com[3:10,]

# Estimate the indicator species present

indicator.species <- select_indicator_species(com, group)

# Estimate the environment or group the samples belongs

identify_env(subcom, indicator.species, group)

lsaravia/EcoIndicators documentation built on Sept. 19, 2024, 11:07 p.m.