mpd: Mean pairwise distance

In skembel/picante: Integrating Phylogenies and Ecology

Mean pairwise distance

Description

Calculates mean pairwise distance separating taxa in a community

Usage

mpd(samp, dis, abundance.weighted=FALSE)

Arguments

samp	Community data matrix
dis	Interspecific distance matrix
abundance.weighted	Should mean pairwise distances be weighted by species abundance? (default = FALSE)

Value

Vector of MPD values for each community

Author(s)

Steven Kembel <[e-mail]>

References

Webb, C., D. Ackerly, M. McPeek, and M. Donoghue. 2002. Phylogenies and community ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:475-505.

See Also

ses.mpd

Examples

data(phylocom)
mpd(phylocom$sample, cophenetic(phylocom$phylo), abundance.weighted=TRUE)

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