sorensen: Sorensen dissimilarity index

Description Usage Arguments Value References

View source: R/sorensen.r

Description

Sorensen dissimilarity index

Usage

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sorensen(comm, partition = FALSE)

Arguments

comm

Community matrix giving sites (rows) by species (columns).

partition

Logical; if true, the index will be partitioned into turnover and nestedness.

Value

If partition == TRUE, list of three matrices giving the turnover, nestedness, and total components of dissimilarity. Otherwise, a matrix of pairwise dissimilarity values between communities.

References

Baselga A. 2010. Partitioning the turnover and nestedness components of beta diversity. Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 19: 134–143

Sørensen, T. (1948) A method of establishing groups of equal amplitude in plant sociology based on similarity of species content. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Biologiske Skrifter, 5, 1–34.


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